Surgery for wrist fractures in the elderly: for better form or better function?

satisfactory functional level, which may be crucial to elderly patients? Addressing these issues, various locking screws and implants are rapidly gaining popularity for these patients in certain regions. Such implants come with screws that directly engage the plate to create fixedangle bolts, thus offering better fixation in osteoporotic bone. Volar application of such locking implants can be used even in dorsally displaced or comminuted fractures. Indeed, the time has come to rethink our treatment strategy when dealing with these common injuries.