Femoral neck fractures in Lithuania and Sweden. The differences in care and outcome

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1681-1686

  Valaviciene, Rasa ^a   Macijauskiene, Jurate ^a   Tarasevicius, Sarunas ^a   Smailys, Alfredas ^a   Dobozinskas, Paulius ^a   Hommel, Ami ^b  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866735560     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-012-1531-8     Document Type: Article

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