Meta-analysis of a complex network of non-pharmacological interventions: The example of femoral neck fracture

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mosseri, Jonathan ^a,b,c   Trinquart, Ludovic ^a,c,d,e,f   Nizard, Remy ^b,c   Ravaud, Philippe ^a,c,d,e,f  

^a PARIS DESCARTES UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^e French Cochrane Centre   (France)

^f Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE HEALING; REOPERATION; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REOPERATION; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84954158631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146336     Document Type: Article

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