EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CAUSES OF PROXIMAL FEMORAL FRACTURES AMONG THE ELDERLY

Objective: The social and economic cost of proximal femoral fractures is high, due the morbidity and mortality relating to the fracture itself, among other factors. Despite the importance of this issue, studies on this topic are still scarce in Brazil. This was a retrospective, observational and cro...

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Autores principales: Neto, José Soares Hungria, Dias, Caio Roncon, de Almeida, José Daniel Bula
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4799322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27027070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2255-4971(15)30322-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4799322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27027070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2255-4971(15)30322-0

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