Impact of age and comorbidity burden on mortality and major complications in older adults undergoing orthopaedic surgery: an analysis using the Japanese diagnosis procedure combination database

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine how complications in older adults undergoing orthopaedic surgery vary as a function of age, comorbidity, and type of surgical procedure. METHODS: We abstracted data from the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination database for all patients aged ≥...

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Autores principales: Chikuda, Hirotaka, Yasunaga, Hideo, Horiguchi, Hiromasa, Takeshita, Katsushi, Sugita, Shurei, Taketomi, Shuji, Fushimi, Kiyohide, Tanaka, Sakae
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3669039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23711221
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-14-173

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3669039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23711221
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-14-173

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