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Review
. 2020 Jun 17;5(6):361-370.
doi: 10.1302/2058-5241.5.190060. eCollection 2020 Jun.

Distal radius fractures in the elderly population

Toni Luokkala  1 , Minna K Laitinen  2 , Teemu P Hevonkorpi  1   3 , Lauri Raittio  3 , Ville M Mattila  3   4 , Antti P Launonen  4
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Review

Distal radius fractures in the elderly population

Toni Luokkala et al. EFORT Open Rev. .

Abstract

We found no clear evidence of the clinical superiority of distal radius fracture surgery among older adults at one year.Surgical treatment, however, may yield a faster recovery to previous level of activity in elderly patients.With operative treatment, hardware-based problems may warrant secondary operations and implant removal, whereas in non-operative treatment, symptomatic loss of alignment and malunion can occur.In elderly patients, non-operative treatment can be considered to be the gold standard. Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2020;5:361-370. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.5.190060.

Keywords: RCT; distal radius fracture; elderly; older adults; review.

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Conflict of interest statement

ICMJE Conflict of interest statement: MKL reports travel expenses to orthopaedic conference from Stryker, outside the submitted work. APL reports support for travel to meetings for study or other purposes from Tampere University Hospital, relevant to the submitted work. The other authors declare no conflict of interest relevant to this work.

Figures

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Fig. 1
Lateral and antero-posterior view of the distal radius in a 74-year-old female showing displaced Colles’ fracture with a probable extension to the wrist joint.
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Lateral and antero-posterior view of the distal radius in a 28-year-old male showing displaced Smith’s fracture.
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Lateral and antero-posterior view of the distal radius in a 52-year-old female showing displaced Barton’s fracture.
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Lateral and antero-posterior view of the distal radius in a 60-year-old male showing non-displaced Chauffeur’s fracture.
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