Distal radius fractures in the elderly population

Toni Luokkala; Minna K Laitinen; Teemu P Hevonkorpi; Lauri Raittio; Ville M Mattila; Antti P Launonen

doi:10.1302/2058-5241.5.190060

Distal radius fractures in the elderly population

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

Authors

Toni Luokkala¹, Minna K Laitinen², Teemu P Hevonkorpi^{1

3}, Lauri Raittio³, Ville M Mattila^{3

4}, Antti P Launonen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedics, Central Finland Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland.
² Department of Orthopaedics, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
³ Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Tampere University Hospital, Finland.

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.

Publication types

Review