Does the timing of surgery for proximal humeral fracture affect inpatient outcomes?

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1257-1262

  Menendez, Mariano E ^a   Ring, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay; Discharge; Epidemiology; Mortality; Outcomes; Perioperative; Proximal humeral fracture; Risk factors; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INSURANCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTHROPLASTY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905971233     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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