Internal fixation compared with total hip replacement for displaced femoral neck fractures in the elderly. A randomised, controlled trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 380-388

  Tidermark, J ^a   Ponzer, S ^a   Svensson, O ^b   Soderqvist A ^a   Tornkvist H ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037398132     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B3.13609     Document Type: Article

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