Proximal femoral fractures: Factors affecting mortality and outcomes

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 677-678

  Giannoudis, P V ^a   Tsiridis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; BONE INJURY; EDITORIAL; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745969788     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.06.014     Document Type: Editorial

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