Radiologic and patient-reported functional outcomes in an elderly cohort with conservatively treated distal radius fractures

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1121-1127

  Anzarut, Alexander ^a,b   Johnson, Jeffrey A ^b   Rowe, Brian H ^b   Lambert, Robert G W ^b   Blitz, Sandra ^b   Majumdar, Sumit R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Division of General Internal Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distal radius (wrist) fractures; elderly patients; outcomes; radiographic reduction; satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST FRACTURE;

EID: 9644258499     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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