Research Article
Manipulation of Displaced Distal Radial Fractures in the Superelderly: Prediction of Malunion and the Degree of Radiographic Improvement
Table 1
Case-mix variables for the study cohort.
| | Case-mix variables | = (%) |
| | Gender | | | Male | 15 (6.6) | | Female | 213 (93.4) | | Dominant limb | | | Yes | 93 (40.8) | | No | 135 (59.2) | | Independent | | | Yes | 126 (55.3) | | No | 102 (44.7) | | Injury mechanism | | | Simple fall | 224 (98.2) | | Fall from height | 1 (0.4) | | RTA | 2 (0.9) | | Assault | 1 (0.9) | | Associated fracture | | | Yes | 37 (16.2) | | No | 191 (83.8) | | AO Classification | | | A | 123 (53.9) | | B | 1 (0.4) | | C | 104 (45.6) | | Dorsal comminution | | | Yes | 212 (93.0) | | No | 16 (7.0) |
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