Resolving controversies in hip fracture care: The need for large collaborative trials in hip fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 479-484

  Bhandari, Mohit ^a,c   Sprague, Sheila ^a   Schemitsch, Emil H ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Multicenter collaboratives

Indexed keywords

BONE SCREW; CANADA; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISABILITY; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SLIDING HIP SCREW; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 67651046773     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181a772e3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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