Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-07T12:21:55 RDF description of Geriatric trauma: the role of immediate arthroplasty - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn26527 public 63 18718 Geriatric trauma: the role of immediate arthroplasty document-rn26527 Orthopedics Aging and Geriatrics 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 <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> 31736 Osteoporosis Fractures Surgery Instructional Course Lectures