Distal radial fractures in the elderly: Operative compared with nonoperative treatment

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1851-1857

  Egol, K A ^a   Walsh, M ^a   Romo Cardoso, S ^a   Dorsky, Seth ^a   Paksima, N ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM; ARTHRALGIA; BONE SCREW; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM SHOULDER AND HAND QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; SPLINTING; TENDINITIS; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SPLINT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADIUS FRACTURES; SPLINTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956636455     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00968     Document Type: Review

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