Is early mortality related to timing of surgery after fracture femur in the elderly?

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-510

  Al Omran, Abdallah ^a   Sadat Ali, Mir ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645665980     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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