Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures in the Elderly: Disposition and Outcome after 3- to 6-Year Follow-Up Evaluation

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-179

  Iorio, Richard ^a   Healy, William L ^a   Appleby, David ^a   Milligan, John ^a   Dube, Michael ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Femoral neck fractures; Hemiarthroplasty; Reduction with internal fixation; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; POLYETHYLENE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1242275083     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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