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Delay to Surgery of Less Than 12 Hours Is Associated With Improved Short- and Long-Term Survival in Moderate- to High-Risk Hip Fracture Patients

INTRODUCTION: The effect of delays before surgery of 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours on short- and long-term survival has been investigated comprehensively in hip fracture patients, but with controversial results. However, there is only limited evidence for how a threshold of 12-hour delay before h...

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Autores principales: Hongisto, Markus T., Nuotio, Maria S., Luukkaala, Tiina, Väistö, Olli, Pihlajamäki, Harri K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6542109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31192028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2151459319853142