Influence of surgeon's experience and supervision on re-operation rate after hip fracture surgery

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 775-779

  Palm, Henrik ^a   Jacobsen, Steffen ^a   Krasheninnikoff, Michael ^a   Foss, Nicolai Bang ^a   Kehlet, Henrik ^b   Gebuhr, Peter ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Experience; Femur; Fracture; Hip; Re operation; Supervision; Surgeon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR PERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SURGEON; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION;

EID: 34249930763     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.07.043     Document Type: Article

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