The management of ankle fractures in the elderly

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages 2-9

  Strauss, Eric J ^a   Egol, Kenneth A ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Elderly; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548133164     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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