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Isolated hip fracture in the elderly and time to surgery: is there an outcome difference?

BACKGROUND: Early operative intervention for hip fractures in the elderly is advised to reduce mortality and morbidity. Postoperative complications impose a significant burden on patient outcomes and cost of medical care. Our aim was to determine the relationship between time to surgery and postoper...

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Autores principales: Elkbuli, Adel, Eily, Alyssa, Polcz, Valerie, Boneva, Dessy, Spano II, Paul J, McKenney, Mark, Hai, Shaikh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6263417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30539154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2018-000212