Subcutaneous Radiographic Measurement: A Marker to Evaluate Surgical Site Infection Risk in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients

Objectives: Obesity is a documented comorbidity that is prevalent in the elderly population and a known predictor for surgical site infection (SSI). Body mass index is a convenient method to classify obesity, but it fails to account for fat distribution. The objective of our study was to evaluate th...

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Autores principales: Bernaus, Martí, Anglès, Francesc, Escudero, Berta, Veloso, Margarita, Matamala, Alfredo, Font-Vizcarra, Lluís
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ivyspring International Publisher 2019
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Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6367197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30755845
http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/jbji.30158

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6367197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30755845
http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/jbji.30158

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