A comparative study of clinical and radiologic outcomes of unstable Colles type distal radius fractures in patients older than 70 years: Nonoperative treatment versus volar locking plating

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 237-242

  Arora, Rohit ^a   Gabl, Markus ^a   Gschwentner, Martin ^a   Deml, Christian ^a   Krappinger, Dietmar ^a   Lutz, Martin ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cast immobilization; Distal radius fractures; Elderly people; Locking plate fixation; Osteoporotic fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLES FRACTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTTRAUMATIC ARTHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TENOSYNOVITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WRIST; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FRACTURE FIXATION; INCIDENCE; JOINT INSTABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; BONE PLATES; CASTS, SURGICAL; COLLES' FRACTURE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66149157003     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31819b24e9     Document Type: Article

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