Concurrent fractures of the hip and wrist: A matched analysis of elderly patients

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 385-387

  Tow, Benjamin Phak Boon ^a   Chua, Benjamin Soo Yeng ^a   Fook Chong, Stephanie ^a   Howe, Tet Sen ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cervical trochanteric ratio; Elderly; Fall; Hip fractures; Osteoporosis; Osteoporotic fracture; Wrist fractures

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WRIST FRACTURE; COMPLICATION; ETHNOLOGY; FALLING; HIP FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIUS FRACTURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; WRIST INJURIES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT READMISSION; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 62549131137     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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