Ankle fractures in the elderly: Initial and long-term outcomes

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1184-1188

  Anderson, Sarah A ^a   Li, Xinning ^a,b   Franklin, Patricia ^a   Wixted, John J ^a  

^a Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Elderly, SF 36; Functional outcome; OMA; ORIF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN GRATING; SKIN ULCER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL RISK; SYNOSTOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149239828     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.1184     Document Type: Article

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