Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-06T14:36:49 RDF description of Geriatric trauma: the role of immediate arthroplasty - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn23788 95 30350 Fractures Osteoporosis 17995 24 document-rn23788 <p>Periarticular fractures in elderly patients are challenging to manage because the fractures are typically comminuted and the bone is osteopenic, which often result in the failure of internal fixation. Patients who sustain these fractures demand immediate mobilization or they often do not recover their preinjury level of function. In geriatric patients, immediate arthroplasty provides an alternative to internal fixation for many periarticular fractures of the shoulder, elbow, and hip.<p> Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume) Geriatric trauma: the role of immediate arthroplasty Orthopedics Aging and Geriatrics public Surgery 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00