Comparing outcomes and costs Better for patients , Lower costs for hospitals
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My name is Arie van Vugt, I’ve more than thirty years experience in trauma surgery. I published my thesis in 1991; the subject was the treatment of intracapsular hip fractures with Dynamic Hip Screws. Later on, I became chair of the guideline committee for the treatment of hip fractures in elderly people in the Netherlands, a cooperation of the Dutch Surgical Society and the Dutch Orthopaedic Society.
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