Trends in surgical treatment of femoral neck fractures in the elderly

ABSTRACT Objective To analyze recent demographic and medical billing trends in treatment of femoral neck fracture of American elderly patients. Methods The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database was analyzed from 2006 to 2015, for patients aged 65 yea...

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Main Authors: Eva Jolanda Irene Lehtonen, Robert Davis Stibolt Jr, Walter Smith, Bradley Wills, Martim Correia Pinto, Gerald McGwin Jr, Ashish Shah, Alexandre Leme Godoy-Santos, Sameer Naranje
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082018000300207&lng=en&tlng=en