Timing of surgery following fractured neck of femur.
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منابع مشابه
Fractured neck of femur, the risk factors.
On the orthopaedic ward on which I work, a large percentage of trauma/emergency admissions to the ward are the result of falls by older people resulting in fractures of the neck of femur.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.6.431-a