Epidemiology of fractures of the proximal third of the femur in elderly patients ☆

Epidemiology of fractures of the proximal third of the femur in elderly patients ☆

ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: This was an epidemiological study on fractures of the proximal third of the femur in elderly patients who were treated at a teaching hospital in the central region of São Paulo. METHODS: The subjects were patients over the age of 60 years who were attended over a 1-year period. A...

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Main Authors: Daniel Daniachi, Alfredo dos Santos Netto, Nelson Keiske Ono, Rodrigo Pereira Guimarães, Giancarlo Cavalli Polesello, Emerson Kiyoshi Honda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2015-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
Subjects:
Epidemiologia
Fraturas do quadril
Idoso
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