Nonoperative management of displaced olecranon fractures in low-demand elderly patients

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-72

  Duckworth, Andrew D ^a   Bugler, Kate E ^a   Clement, Nicholas D ^a   Court Brown, Charles M ^a   McQueen, Margaret M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); DISPLACED OLECRANON FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILIZATION; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; FRAIL ELDERLY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; OLECRANON; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLECRANON PROCESS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 84894369363     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.01137     Document Type: Review

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