Quality of life related to fracture displacement among elderly patients with femoral neck fractures treated with internal fixation

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 17, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Tidermark, Jan ^a   Zethraeus, Niklas ^b   Svensson, Olle ^c   Törnkvist, Hans ^a   Ponzer, Sari ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aged; Femoral neck fractures; Internal fracture fixation; Quality of life; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

EID: 0141842561     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200309001-00005     Document Type: Article

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