Concomitant Upper Extremity Fracture Worsens Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Hip Fracture
Background: Elderly patients with low-energy hip fractures have high rates of morbidity and mortality, but it is not well known how often concurrent upper extremity fractures occur and how this impacts outcomes. We used the National Trauma Databank (NTDB), the largest aggregation of US trauma regist...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2151459318776101 |