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Open Ankle Fractures in the Elderly: Predisposing Factors and the Associated Mortality

CATEGORY: Ankle; Trauma INTRODUCTION/PURPOSE: Previous studies raised awareness of high mortality associated with open ankle fractures in elderly patients. Mortality among this patient population has been reported about 23-27% during the first year postoperatively. The purpose of this study was 1) t...

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Autores principales: Schermann, Haggai, Ogawa, Takahisa, Lubberts, Bart, Waryasz, Gregory R., Kaiser, Philip, DiGiovanni, Christopher W., Guss, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8793572/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2473011421S00435