Total hip arthroplasty in the very elderly: Is it worthwhile? The mortality and morbidity after total hip arthroplasty in the very elderly

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 461-465

  Karuppiah, S V ^a,b   Dhaliwal, A ^a   Banaszkiewiez, P A ^a   Ledingham, W M ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Survival period; Total hip arthroplasty (THA); Very elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIP DISLOCATION; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 48749113830     PISSN: 16338065     EISSN: 14321068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-008-0330-9     Document Type: Article

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