Patients with isolated hip fracture must be considered for surgery irrespectively of their age, comorbidity status and provenance: A statement applicable even to nonagerians

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1549-1555

  Bergeron, Eric ^a   Moore, Lynne ^b   Fournier, Karl ^a   Gravel, Charles ^a   Lavoie, Andre ^b  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Elderly; Fall; Hip fracture; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HIP FRACTURE; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349897086     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-009-0888-7     Document Type: Article

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