The management of subcapital fractures in the elderly population

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 359-364

  Mauffrey, Cyril ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management of neck of femur fractures; Subcapital fracture neck of femur

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE[1-34]; RALOXIFENE; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HIP HEMIARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 77956650839     PISSN: 16338065     EISSN: 14321068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-009-0570-3     Document Type: Review

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