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One-year postoperative mortality rate among the elderly with hip fractures at a single tertiary care center

BACKGROUND: Hip fractures are one of the leading causes of disability and dependency among the elderly. The rate of hip fractures has been progressively increasing due to the continuing increase in average life expectancy. Surgical intervention is the mainstay of treatment, but with an increasing pr...

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Autores principales: Alsheikh, Khalid A., Alsebayel, Firas M., Alsudairy, Faisal Abdulmohsen, Alzahrani, Abdullah, Alshehri, Ali, Alhusain, Faisal Ahmed, Alsaeed, Abdullah, Almubarak, Abdulaziz, Alhandi, Ali A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7410227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32757984
http://dx.doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2020.298