Garden I femoral neck fractures in patients 65 years old and older: Is conservative functional treatment a viable option?

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 228-234

  Buord, J M ^a   Flecher, X ^a   Parratte, S ^a   Boyer, L ^b   Aubaniac, J M ^a   Argenson, J N ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly subject; Femoral neck fracture hip fracture; Functional treatment non surgical treatment; Non displaced fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77951978907     PISSN: 18770568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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