Early Surgery Does Not Improve Outcomes for Patients with Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures—Results from the Registry for Geriatric Trauma of the German Trauma Society

Early Surgery Does Not Improve Outcomes for Patients with Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures—Results from the Registry for Geriatric Trauma of the German Trauma Society

<i>Background and Objectives:</i> Appropriate timing of surgery for periprosthetic femoral fractures (PFFs) in geriatric patients remains unclear. Data from a large international geriatric trauma register were analyzed to examine the outcome of patients with PFF with respect to the timin...

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Main Authors: Christopher Bliemel, Katherine Rascher, Tom Knauf, Juliana Hack, Daphne Asimenia Eschbach, Rene Aigner, Ludwig Oberkircher, on behalf of the AltersTraumaRegister DGU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Medicina
Subjects:
periprosthetic femoral fracture
time to surgery
mortality
outcome
AltersTraumaRegister DGU<sup>®</sup>
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/57/6/517

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