Influence of proximal femur fractures in the autonomy and mortality of elderly patients submitted to osteosynthesis with cephalomedullary nail

Abstract Objective To determine the autonomy and mortality of elderly patients submitted to proximal femoral osteosynthesis with cephalomedullary nail after hip fracture. Methods Retrospective study with 61 patients with proximal femoral fractures submitted to cephalomedullary nail osteosynthesis....

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Souto Borges Petros, Paula Emília Valente Ferreira, Rafael Souto Borges Petros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162017000700057&lng=en&tlng=en

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