Fractures in the Elderly : A Guide to Practical Management

Fractures in the Elderly: A Guide to Practical Management provides geriatricians and other medical specialists who provide care for older adults with the vital guidance and most current data and opinions regarding the treatment of elderly patients who sustain a variety of fractures.

Part I The Aging of Bone and Etiologies of Fractures

1 Osteobiology of Aging ............................................................................... 3

Andrew Rosenzweig and Robert J. Pignolo

............................................................................... 3

Andrew Rosenzweig and Robert J. Pignolo

2 Pathologic Fractures ................................................................................. 43

Jesse T. Torbert and Richard D. Lackman

................................................................................. 43

Jesse T. Torbert and Richard D. Lackman

3 Falls ............................................................................................................ 55

Amy M. Corcoran and Bruce Kinosian

............................................................................................................ 55

Amy M. Corcoran and Bruce Kinosian

Part II Perioperative Management

4 Preoperative Assessment of Risk ............................................................. 71

Joan Weinryb

............................................................. 71

Joan Weinryb

5 Anticoagulation ......................................................................................... 87

Kathleen Walsh and John Bruza

......................................................................................... 87

Kathleen Walsh and John Bruza

6 Prevention and Management of Perioperative Delirium ....................... 101

Jerry C. Johnson

....................... 101

Jerry C. Johnson

7 Anesthesia and Postoperative Pain Control ........................................... 115

Jonathan R. Gavrin

........................................... 115

Jonathan R. Gavrin

8 Postoperative Complications .................................................................... 145

Jung-Hoon Kim

.................................................................... 145

Jung-Hoon Kim

Contents

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Part III Common Fractures in the Elderly

9 Hand and Wrist Fractures in the Elderly ............................................. 171

Laura C. Wiegand, Atul F. Kamath, Nick D. Pappas,

and David J. Bozentka

............................................. 171

Laura C. Wiegand, Atul F. Kamath, Nick D. Pappas,

and David J. Bozentka

10 Fractures of the Shoulder and Elbow ................................................... 187

J. Stuart Melvin, Karen Boselli, and G. Russell Huffman

................................................... 187

J. Stuart Melvin, Karen Boselli, and G. Russell Huffman

11 Vertebral Compression Fractures ......................................................... 225

Ejovi Ughwanogho and Nader M. Hebela

......................................................... 225

Ejovi Ughwanogho and Nader M. Hebela

12 Hip Fractures........................................................................................... 239

Andrew F. Kuntz, Albert O. Gee, Jaimo Ahn, and Samir Mehta

........................................................................................... 239

Andrew F. Kuntz, Albert O. Gee, Jaimo Ahn, and Samir Mehta

13 Fractures of the Distal Femur ................................................................ 257

Jesse T. Torbert and John L. Esterhai

................................................................ 257

Jesse T. Torbert and John L. Esterhai

<14 Tibial Plateau Fractures in the Elderly ....................................