Abstract
Approximately 4.1% of all fractures in the elderly involve the elbow. Most elbow injuries in geriatric patients occur as the result of low-energy mechanisms such as falls from standing height. Elbow injuries in elderly patients present complex challenges because of insufficient bone quality, comminution, articular fragmentation, and preexisting conditions, such as arthritis. Medical comorbidities and baseline level of function must be heavily considered in surgical decision making.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 381-401 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Orthopedic Clinics of North America |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:All the authors have declared no conflict of interest for this article.
Keywords
- Distal humerus fracture
- Elbow dislocation
- Elbow trauma
- Elderly
- Geriatric trauma
- Olecranon fracture
- Radial head fracture
- Terrible triad injury
- Humeral Fractures/diagnosis
- Elbow Joint/injuries
- Humans
- Radius Fractures/diagnosis
- Joint Dislocations/diagnosis
- Ulna Fractures/diagnosis
- Olecranon Process/injuries
- Fracture Fixation, Internal
- Aged
- Elbow/injuries
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Review
- Journal Article