Treatment of radius or ulna fractures in the elderly: A systematic review covering effectiveness, safety, economic aspects and current practice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2019, Pages

  Navarro, Cecilia Mellstrand ^a   Brolund, Agneta ^b   Ekholm, Carl ^c   Heintz, Emelie ^b,d   Ekström, Emin Hoxha ^b   Josefsson, Per Olof ^e   Leander, Lina ^b   Nordström, Peter ^f   Zidén, Lena ^g   Stenström, Karin ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation ^*  (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULNA FRACTURE; AGED; BONE PROSTHESIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG THERAPY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAND STRENGTH; ORTHOPEDIC CAST; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CASTS, SURGICAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 85063602400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214362     Document Type: Article

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