Pressure ulcers and prolonged hospital stay in hip fracture patients affected by time-to-surgery

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 238-244

  Rademakers, Leonard M F ^a   Vainas, Tryfon ^a   Van Zutphen, Stefan W A M ^b   Brink, Peter R G ^a   Van Helden, Sven H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Femur; Fracture care; Fractures of the proximal; Hip fracture; Hip fractures; Orthopedic trauma; Osteosynthesis; Soft tissue injuries and infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547303483     PISSN: 18639933     EISSN: 16153146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-007-6212-8     Document Type: Article

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