[Analysis of mortality and its predictors in patients with contralateral hip fracture after femoral neck fracture].

CONCLUSION: Age, type of fracture and type of surgery proved to be risk factors. There is a need to identify further risk factors in order to develop an efficacious prevention strategy for the reduction of the mortality after the second hip fractures. Orv Hetil. 2017; 158(20): 783-790. PMID: 28502213 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28502213?dopt=Abstract

Source: Orvosi Hetilap - May 1, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Juhász K, Boncz I, Kanizsai P, Mester S, Sebestyén A Tags: Orv Hetil Source Type: research

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