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Similar mortality with general or regional anesthesia in elderly hip fracture patients

Background and purpose — There is continuing confusion among practitioners with regard to the optimal choice of anesthetic type for repair of hip fractures. We investigated whether type of anesthetic was associated with short-term mortality after hip fracture surgery. Patients and methods — We condu...

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Autores principales: Brox, W Timothy, Chan, Priscilla H, Cafri, Guy, Inacio, Maria C S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2016
Materias:
Hip
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4812077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26986550
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2015.1128781