The effectiveness of orthopaedic trauma theatres in decreasing morbidity and mortality: A study of 701 displaced subcapital hip fractures in two trauma centres

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1060-1066

  Elder, G M ^a   Harvey, E J ^b,e   Vaidya, R ^c   Guy, P ^d   Meek, R N ^d   Aebi, M ^b  

^a Sault Area Hospitals   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hip fractures; Morbidity; Mortality; Operative delay; Orthopaedic; Surgical timing; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP DISLOCATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATING ROOMS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 23644447194     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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