Orthopaedic surgery in the elderly

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 417-419

  Treml, Jonathan ^a   Kroker, Peter B ^a   Kroker, P B ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034203726     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2000.61.6.1358     Document Type: Article

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