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Stabilization and treatment of Colles’ fractures in elderly patients

Colles’ fractures (fractures of the distal radius) are extremely common in the elderly. These fractures tend to result in displacement in elderly people because they have osteoporotic bone. Fracture displacement in the elderly, however, does not necessarily result in functional impairment. This revi...

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Autor principal: Blakeney, William G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3010169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21228899
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S10042