Association between dementia and mortality in the elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery: a meta-analysis

Abstract Objective This study was designed to verify the association between dementia and mortality in the elderly undergoing hip fracture surgery, and assessed the mortality of patients with dementia after hip fracture surgery. Material and methods PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science were searched u...

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Main Authors: Jianzhong Bai, Pei Zhang, Xinyu Liang, Zhipeng Wu, Jingcheng Wang, Yuan Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-018-0988-6