Geographic variation in device use for intertrochanteric hip fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 691-699

  Forte, Mary L ^a   Virnig, Beth A ^a   Kane, Robert L ^a   Durham, Sara ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^b   Feldman, Roger ^a   Swiontkowski, Marc F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 41849145722     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.00414     Document Type: Article

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