Clinical outcome following treatment of stable and unstable intertrochanteric fractures with dynamic hip screw

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 482-487

  Setiobudi, Tony ^a   Ng, Yau Hong ^b   Lim, Chin Tat ^b   Liang, Shen ^b   Lee, Kevin ^b   Das De, Shamal ^b  

^a Jurong Health Services   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hip fractures; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DYNAMIC HIP SCREW; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FIXATION DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 82955169701     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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