Paolo Falaschi • David Marsh
Editors

2021

The Management of Old

The first edition of Orthogeriatrics stressed that the key feature of older patients with fragility fractures is that they often have the dual problem of fragility (of the bone) and frailty (of their entire physiology). Therefore, the appropriate mode of management in the acute phase is orthogeriatric co-management, bringing to bear the relevant skillsets for dealing with these two problems simultaneously.