Ultra-old patients and long-term survival after hip fracture: a real-world assessment

It’s still undetermined whether ultra-old persons, aged >90 years, are able to tolerate hip fracture surgical stress while maintaining their functional reserve, and even fewer studies have investigated the role of frailty on the risk of mortality, disability, or morbidity in the ultra-old. Th...

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Main Authors: Debora Tiso, Monica Pizzonia, Chiara Giannotti, Luca Tagliafico, Alessio Signori, Alessio Nencioni, Fiammetta Monacelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2023.1200007/full