Radiographic Thresholds With Increased Odds of a Poor Outcome Following Distal Radius Fractures in Patients Over 65 Years Old

Purpose: Older patients (aged older than 65 years) appear to tolerate a great degree of anatomic deformity after DRFs; however, the threshold beyond which the deformity becomes unacceptable is unknown. The purposes of this study were to identify the acceptable threshold for radiographic parameters a...

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Main Authors: Caitlin J. Symonette, MD, MSc, Joy C. MacDermid, PhD, Ruby Grewal, MD, MSc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589514118300446