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Hip Hemiarthroplasty in Neurologic or Cognitively Impaired Patients: A Case Series of Post-operative Dislocations

INTRODUCTION: Hemiarthroplasty is the operation of choice for displaced intracapsular neck of femur fracture in elderly patients with low physical demands. Dislocation in this frail patient cohort can have devastating consequences. The patients with neurological and cognitive impairment are at addit...

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Autores principales: Piggott, Robert Pearse, Smithwick, Emmett Karl, Murphy, Colin Gerard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5974670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29854686
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.980