Conservative versus operative treatment for hip fractures in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Handoll, Helen H G ^a   Parker, Martyn J ^b  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b PETERBOROUGH CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Aged; Hip fractures surgery; *therapy ; Humans; Orthopedic procedures; Randomized controlled trials as topic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BED REST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMBASE; EXTRACAPSULAR HIP FRACTURE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FIXED FLEXION DEFORMITY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACAPSULAR HIP FRACTURE; LEG LENGTH; LEG SHORTENING; LEG SWELLING; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB DEFORMITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; ROTATION DEFORMITY; SKELETON TRACTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VARUS DEFORMITY;

EID: 55049141207     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000337.pub2     Document Type: Review

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