Preoperative indicators affecting postoperative mortality in elderly patients with hip fractures
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The risk factors for mortality in elderly patients with hip fractures: postoperative one-year results.
INTRODUCTION Hip fractures in the elderly are associated with significant mortality. This study aimed to investigate the risk factors for mortality in elderly patients with hip fractures during a one-year period. METHODS This was a prospective study which included consecutive isolated nonpathologic hip fractures in 74 (52 female, 22 male) patients in a level-1 trauma centre. These patients we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1017-995X
DOI: 10.3944/aott.2012.2829