Wrist Fractures and Osteoporosis

Orthop Clin North Am. 2019 Apr;50(2):211-221. doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2018.10.004.

Abstract

Distal radial fractures account for up to 18% of all fractures in patients over 65 years of age, and osteoporosis is a predominant factor in these fractures. Fracture treatment may include closed reduction and casting/splinting, external fixation, and open reduction and internal fixation.

Keywords: Elderly patients; Osteoporosis; Outcomes; Treatment options; Wrist fracture.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bone Plates / standards
  • Conservative Treatment / methods
  • Female
  • Fracture Fixation / instrumentation*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Open Fracture Reduction / methods*
  • Osteoporosis / complications*
  • Osteoporosis / epidemiology
  • Prevalence
  • Radius Fractures / diagnosis
  • Radius Fractures / etiology*
  • Radius Fractures / prevention & control
  • Radius Fractures / surgery
  • Risk Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Wrist / pathology
  • Wrist Injuries / epidemiology
  • Wrist Injuries / pathology*
  • Wrist Injuries / surgery