Surgical Time of Day Does Not Affect Outcome Following Hip Fracture Fixation

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 109-116

  Switzer, Julie A ^a   Bennett, Ryan E ^a   Wright, David M ^a   Vang, Sandy ^a   Anderson, Christopher P ^b   Vlasak, Andrea J ^a   Gammon, Steven R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Rocky Mountain Orthopaedic Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

geriatric; hip fracture; outcomes; surgery time; time of day; time to operation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993708238     PISSN: 21514585     EISSN: 21514593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2151458513518344     Document Type: Article

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