The Relationship between the Lee Score and Postoperative Mortality in Patients with Proximal Femur Fractures

Abstract Objective To verify the predictive value of the Lee score for mortality in a one-year period after proximal femur fracture surgery. The present study also evaluated the isolated predictive capacity of other variables. Methods A sample of 422 patients with surgically-treated proximal fem...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Teodoro Ezequiel Guerra, Luiz Giglio, João Mauro Mendina Morais, Giovanna Labatut, Monica Cavanus Feijó, Carlos Eduardo Peixoto Kayser
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=S0102-36162019000400387&lng=en&tlng=en