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Surgical management of displaced femoral neck fractures in patients with dementia: a comparison in mortality between hemiarthroplasty and pins/screws

INTRODUCTION: Dementia is common in patients with hip fractures and is strongly associated with increased postoperative mortality. The choice of surgical intervention for displaced femoral neck fractures (dFNF) in patients with dementia has been a matter of debate. This study aims to investigate how...

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Autores principales: Ioannidis, Ioannis, Mohammad Ismail, Ahmad, Forssten, Maximilian Peter, Ahl, Rebecka, Cao, Yang, Borg, Tomas, Mohseni, Shahin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9001227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33842982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00068-021-01640-0