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Les spécificités du traumatisme orthopédique chez le patient gériatrique
VALCU, Codrut-Alexandru; KURTH, William; REMY, Bernadette et al.
2014In Revue Médicale de Liège, 69, p. 372-376
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Abstract :
[en] Aging of the population represents an ubiquitous and ever-growing phenomenon in the developed countries. Geriatric traumatology is a constant-developping sub-specia-lity of orthopedics and traumatology; it deals with the specific medical problems developed by older patients when affected by muskuloskeletal trauma. The optimal treatment of this patho-logy as well as the age threshold used to define the «geriatric» patient are still subjects of debate. Chronological age cannot be used as the sole inclusion criteria;physiological age as defi-ned by comorbidities seems to be more appropriate. The aim of this article is to provide a general overview of the problems that the orthopedic surgeons faces when dealing with geriatric trauma : timing of surgery and anesthesia, technical aspects of surgery and fractures, complications and problems with the postoperative management of geriatric patients. Geriatric trauma is already today an important problem; it will cer-tainly become a great challenge in coming years. The solution must reside in a multidisciplinary approach backed up by a solid infra-structure and good management decisions.
Disciplines :
Orthopedics, rehabilitation & sports medicine
Author, co-author :
VALCU, Codrut-Alexandru ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Département de chirurgie > Service de chirurgie de l'appareil locomoteur
KURTH, William  ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Département de chirurgie > Service de chirurgie de l'appareil locomoteur
REMY, Bernadette ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Département d'Anesthésie et réanimation > Service d'anesthésie - réanimation
GILLET, Philippe ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Département de chirurgie > Service de chirurgie de l'appareil locomoteur
Language :
French
Title :
Les spécificités du traumatisme orthopédique chez le patient gériatrique
Alternative titles :
[en] The specificities of orthopedic trauma in geriatric patients
Publication date :
May 2014
Journal title :
Revue Médicale de Liège
ISSN :
0370-629X
eISSN :
2566-1566
Publisher :
Université de Liège. Revue Médicale de Liège, Liège, Belgium
Volume :
69
Pages :
372-376
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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