Distal Radius Fracture Management in Elderly Patients: A Literature Review

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 421-429

  Gehrmann, Sebastian V ^a   Windolf, Joachim ^a   Kaufmann, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; elderly; external fixation; internal fixation; review

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

BONE DENSITY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; TENDON LESION; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURE; VOLAR PLATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; BONE CEMENTS; BONE NAILS; BONE WIRES; CASTS, SURGICAL; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 40649090387     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.12.016     Document Type: Review

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