Surgical versus conservative treatment of distal radius fractures in elderly

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Trevisan, C ^a   Klumpp, R ^a   Nava, V ^a   Riccardi, D ^a   Recalcati, W ^a  

^a AO Bolognini Seriate ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Distal radius fractures; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

CAST APPLICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886854167     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-013-0075-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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