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Surgical preferences of patients at risk of hip fractures: hemiarthroplasty versus total hip arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: The optimal treatment of displaced femoral neck fractures in patients over 60 years is controversial. While much research has focused on the impact of total hip arthroplasty (THA) and hemiarthroplasty (HA) on surgical outcomes, little is known about patient preferences for either alterna...

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Autores principales: Alolabi, Noor, Alolabi, Bashar, Mundi, Raman, Karanicolas, Paul J, Adachi, Jonathan D, Bhandari, Mohit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3280185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22196211
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-12-289