Internal fixation of acetabular quadrilateral plate fractures in elderly patients: Could the fracture reduction quality affect their functional recovery?

Antonello PanellaGiuseppe SolarinoGiovanni VicentiDavide BizzocaMarco BaglioniFrancesco FortunatoFrancesco MarucciaAngela NotarnicolaAndrea PiazzollaRaffaele PascarellaAlberto BelluatiBiagio Moretti

Published in: Aging clinical and experimental research (2020)

In this study, the functional recovery at 24 months follow-up showed no significant differences in elderly patients with QP fracture undergoing anatomical reconstruction (displacement 0-1 mm) compared to patients receiving a good QP fracture reconstruction (displacement ≤ 3 mm).

Keyphrases

hip fracture
middle aged
total hip
quality improvement
total knee arthroplasty