Internal fixation or arthroplasty for displaced cervical hip fractures in the elderly: A randomised controlled trial of 208 patients

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 440-446

  Parker, M J ^a   Pryor, G A ^a  

^a PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033756425     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000164700317381090     Document Type: Article

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