Lower mortality in distal femoral fractures in the presence of a knee arthroplasty: an observational study on 2,725 fractures from the Swedish Fracture Register

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Distal femoral fractures (DFF) in older patients have mortality rates comparable to fractures of the proximal femur. An ageing population combined with an increasing number of patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) will make periprosthetic distal femoral fractures...

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Autores principales: HERNEFALK, Björn, BRÜGGEMANN, Anders, MOHAMMED, Jabbar, MUKKA, Sebastian, WOLF, Olof
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medical Journals Sweden, on behalf of the Nordic Orthopedic Federation 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9306289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35866693
http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/17453674.2022.4376

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9306289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35866693
http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/17453674.2022.4376

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