Hip fracture in the elderly: The effect of anesthetic technique

Orthopedics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-34

  Koval, Kenneth J ^a   Aharonoff, Gina B ^a   Rosenberg, Andrew D ^a   Schmigelski, Carl ^a   Bernstein, Ralph L ^a   Zuckerman, Joseph D ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0032948834     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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