Complications after treatment of proximal femoral fractures

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-52

  Vajanto, I ^a   Kuokkanen, H ^a   Niskanen, R ^a   Haapala, J ^a   Korkala, O ^a  

^a PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Complication; Fractures; Hip; Osteosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SKILL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 29944439519     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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