Is use of the fixateur externe no longer indicated for the treatment of unstable radial fracture in the elderly?;Ist die behandlung der instabilen distalen radiusfraktur beim älteren menschen mittels fixateur externe nicht mehr indiziert?

Unfallchirurg

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1050-1057

  Ochman, S ^a   Frerichmann, U ^a   Armsen, N ^a   Raschke, M J ^a   Meffert, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; External fixator; Osteoporosis; Trauma in elderly patients

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE WIRES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIUS FRACTURES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 33845870678     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00113-006-1166-6     Document Type: Article

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