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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023

Current Management and Volar Locking Plate Fixation with Bone Cement Augmentation for Elderly Distal Radius Fractures-An Updated Narrative Review.

Ting-Han Tai, Po-Jui Chu, Kuan-Yu Lu, Jeffrey J Wu, Chin-Chean Wong

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. [Poster Fusion Cage combined with xenogeneic bone graft augmentation for bone defect management in distal radius fractures].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2025
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  6. Metaphyseal comminution in distal radius fractures: a predictor of secondary fragility fractures and the role of osteoporosis treatment.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ting-Han TaiDepartment of Orthopedics, Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City 235041, Taiwan.
Po-Jui ChuDepartment of Orthopedics, Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City 235041, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-2355-3292
Kuan-Yu LuDepartment of Orthopedics, Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City 235041, Taiwan.
Jeffrey J WuDepartment of Orthopedics, Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City 235041, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-1638-960X
Chin-Chean WongDepartment of Orthopedics, Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City 235041, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-6797-7989
Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Distal radius fractures (DRFs) are the most common among all kinds of fractures with an increase in incidence due to the rapidly expanded size of the elderly population in the past decades. Both non-surgical and surgical treatments can be applied for this common injury. Nowadays, more and more elderly patients with DRFs undergo surgical treatments to restore pre-injury activity levels faster. However, optimal treatment for geriatric DRFs is still debated, and careful evaluation and selection of patients are warranted considering clinical and functional outcomes, and complications following surgical treatments. Furthermore, osteoporosis is a predominant factor in elderly DRFs mostly deriving from a low-energy trauma, so many treatment modalities are developed to enhance better bone healing. Among various options for bone augmentation, bone cement is one of the most widely used measures. Bone cement such as calcium phosphate theoretically improves fracture stability and healing, but whether the elderly patients with DRFs can significantly benefit from surgical fixation with bone cement augmentation (BCA) remains controversial. Hence, in the present review, the latest literature regarding current concepts of management and evidence about volar locking plate fixation (VLPF) with BCA for elderly DRFs was searched in MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Web of Science; out of >1000 articles, full texts of 48 and 6 articles were then examined and analyzed separately for management and VLPF with BCA for elderly DRFs. We aim to provide the readers with updates concerning the above issues.

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bone cement augmentationelderly distal radius fracturemanagementvolar plate

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PMID37959267
PMCPMC10648218
OpenAlexW4388192338

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