Undisplaced intracapsular hip fractures in the elderly: predicting fixation failure and mortality. A prospective study of 162 patients

Background Reported revision of internal fixation for undisplaced intracapsular hip fractures is between 12 and 17 % at 1 year. This risk is greater for elderly patients, for whom mortality after such a fracture is also higher. Our purpose was to identify predictors of fixation failure and mortality...
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Autor*in:

Clement, N. D. [verfasserIn]

Green, K. [verfasserIn]

Murray, N. [verfasserIn]

Duckworth, A. D. [verfasserIn]

McQueen, M. M. [verfasserIn]

Court-Brown, C. M. [verfasserIn]

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2013

Schlagwörter:

Internal Fixation

Significant Independent Predictor

Social Deprivation

Cannulated Screw

Fixation Failure

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Journal of orthopaedic science - Amsterdam : Elsevier, 1996, 18(2013), 4 vom: 18. Mai, Seite 578-585

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:18 ; year:2013 ; number:4 ; day:18 ; month:05 ; pages:578-585

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s00776-013-0400-7

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SPR007762062

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