Outcomes of elderly patients with nondisplaced femoral neck fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 17, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Eisler, Jesse ^a   Cornwall, Roger ^a   Strauss, Elton ^a   Koval, Kenneth ^b   Siu, Albert ^a   Gilbert, Marvin ^a,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE SCREW; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0141731195     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200309001-00008     Document Type: Article

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