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In-hospital mortality does not increase in patients aged over 85 years after hip fracture surgery. A retrospective observational study in a Japanese tertiary hospital

INTRODUCTION: Hip fracture is a common and serious orthopedic injury among the geriatric population, necessitating surgical treatment. We tested whether age is a significant risk factor for in-hospital mortality after surgery in this retrospective cohort study and, further, analyzed causes and patte...

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Autores principales: Fujita, Yoshihisa, Shimada, Kumi, Sato, Tomohiko, Akatsu, Masahiko, Nishikawa, Koichi, Kanno, Atsuko, Aizawa, Toshitake
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6967059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32026953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-018-0172-3