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Abstract
There has been a significant increase in the incidence and severity of ankle fractures in the elderly population in the last few decades. Classification and diagnostic procedures in the elderly are not different from standards in younger patients. We provide an overview of the characteristic features of treatment of ankle fractures in the elderly. An algorithm for therapy of ankle fractures in the elderly is presented.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21826620 DOI: 10.1007/s00113-011-2023-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Unfallchirurg ISSN: 0177-5537 Impact factor: 1.000