Conclusions
DRFs
SECONDARY
This secondary analysis of WRIST found that highly active older adults with DRFs should consider undergoing surgery rather than casting based on earlier postoperative recovery. Surgeons should assess a patient’s physiologic age to determine optimal DRF treatment in the elderly population. Advanced chronologic age should not be a deterrent to surgical fixation in a patient with an active lifestyle. Future studies should characterize other patient characteristics that could be associated with a patient’s physiologic age.