The total costs of a displaced femoral neck fracture: Comparison of internal fixation and total hip replacement - A randomised study of 146 hips

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Johansson, Torsten ^a   Bachrach Lindström, Margareta ^a   Aspenberg, Per ^a   Jonsson, Dick ^a   Wahlström, Ola ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HARRIS HIP SCORE; HIP DISLOCATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33645400831     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-005-0037-z     Document Type: Review

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