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Lower reoperation rate for cemented hemiarthroplasty than for uncemented hemiarthroplasty and internal fixation following femoral neck fracture: 12- to 19-year follow-up of patients aged 75 years or more

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Elderly patients with displaced femoral neck fractures are commonly treated with a hemiarthroplasty (HA), but little is known about the long-term failure of this treatment. We compared reoperation rates for patients aged at least 75 years with displaced femoral neck fractures...

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Autores principales: Viberg, Bjarke, Overgaard, Søren, Lauritsen, Jens, Ovesen, Ole
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3715822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23594248
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2013.792033