Chuck and Chris discuss the impact of patient age on treatment

The Upper Hand: Chuck & Chris Talk Hand Surgery

Chuck and Chris catch up before and after some major travel and then dive into the impact of patient age on treatment decisions. We use scaphoid fractures and cubital tunnel as the basis of this discussion. Do we make inappropriate assumptions about young patients' healing abilities? And when we operate, do we treat patients differently- what's the evidence?
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