Palliative Non-Operative Management in Geriatric Hip Fracture Patients: When Would Surgeons Abstain from Surgery?
<b>Background:</b> For hip fracture patients with a limited life expectancy, operative and palliative non-operative management (P-NOM) can yield similar quality of life outcomes. However, evidence on when to abstain from surgery is lacking. The aim of this study was to quantify the influ...
Main Authors: | Michael Bui, Catharina G. M. Groothuis-Oudshoorn, Annemieke Witteveen, Johannes H. Hegeman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-03-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/13/6/1594 |
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