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Proximal humerus fractures – epidemiology, comparison of mortality rates after surgical versus non-surgical treatment, and analysis of risk factors based on Medicare registry data

AIMS: The optimal choice of management for proximal humerus fractures (PHFs) has been increasingly discussed in the literature, and this work aimed to answer the following questions: 1) what are the incidence rates of PHF in the geriatric population in the USA; 2) what is the mortality rate after PH...

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Autores principales: Walter, Nike, Szymski, Dominik, Kurtz, Steven M., Lowenberg, David W., Alt, Volker, Lau, Edmund, Rupp, Markus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9950668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36718643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2046-3758.122.BJR-2022-0275.R1