Cargando…

Predicting life expectancy after geriatric hip fracture: A systematic review

BACKGROUND: Displaced femoral neck fractures in geriatric patients are typically treated with either hemiarthroplasty or total hip arthroplasty. The choice between hemiarthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty requires a good estimate of the patient’s life expectancy, as the recent HEALTH trial sugges...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lee, Alexander, Weintraub, Sara, Xi, Ianto Lin, Ahn, Jaimo, Bernstein, Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8673659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34910791
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261279