The male neck of femur

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 181-183

  Kurup, Harish V ^a,b   Mehta, R L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture; Male; Neck of femur

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHEST INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33645230446     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0121-x     Document Type: Article

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