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Does timing of surgery matter in fragility hip fractures?

The effect of delay of surgery on the geriatric hip fractures has been a subject of interest in the past two decades. While the elderly patients will not tolerate long periods of immobilization, it is still unclear how soon these surgeries need to be performed. A review of existing literature was pe...

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Autores principales: Leung, F., Lau, T. W., Kwan, K., Chow, S. P., Kung, A. W. C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2974918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21057992
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00198-010-1391-2