TAILIEUCHUNG - Gãy xương thường gặp của bệnh nhân cao tuổi

Tiến sĩ Sporer IS Trợ lý Giáo sư, Khoa Phẫu thuật chỉnh hình, Đại học Y Rush, Winfield, IL. Tiến sĩ Weinstein IS Chủ tịch và Giáo sư, Khoa Phẫu thuật chỉnh hình, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, và Giáo sư, trường Y Dartmouth và Trung tâm Khoa học lâm sàng Quét, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. TS Koval IS Giáo sư, Khoa Phẫu thuật chỉnh hình, | The Geographic Incidence and Treatment Variation of Common Fractures of Elderly Patients Scott M. Sporer MD MS James N. Weinstein DO MS Kenneth J. Koval MD Dr. Sporer is Assistant Professor Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Rush Medical College Winfield IL. Dr. Weinstein is Chairman and Professor Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon NH and Professor Dartmouth Medical School and the Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences Dartmouth College Hanover NH. Dr. Koval is Professor Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. None of the following authors or the departments with which they are affiliated has received anything of value from or owns stock in a commercial company or institution related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article Dr. Sporer Dr. Weinstein and Dr. Koval. Supported in part by NIAMS U01-AR45444-01A1 the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Hospital Association. Reprint requests Dr. Sporer Rush Medical College 25 N Winfield Road Winfield IL 60190. J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2006 14 246-255 Copyright 2006 by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Abstract Fractures of the hip wrist proximal humerus and ankle frequently are observed among the elderly patient population in the United States. The Medicare patient population has shown dramatic geographic variation in the rates of these common fractures with an increased incidence observed throughout the Southeast. Treatment surgical versus nonsurgical is also highly variable and dependent on the geographic location but not necessarily on the type of injury. Whereas regional variation in medical treatment may be attributed to variations in practice patterns the etiology behind the dramatic variations in fractures is less well-defined and is likely multifactorial related to environmental occupational genetic or nutritional factors. Older patients 65 years are known to be

Đã phát hiện trình chặn quảng cáo AdBlock
Trang web này phụ thuộc vào doanh thu từ số lần hiển thị quảng cáo để tồn tại. Vui lòng tắt trình chặn quảng cáo của bạn hoặc tạm dừng tính năng chặn quảng cáo cho trang web này.