One-year mortality of elderly patients with hip fracture surgically treated at a hospital in Southern Brazil

One-year mortality of elderly patients with hip fracture surgically treated at a hospital in Southern Brazil

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To analyze the mortality rate at one-year follow-up of patients with hip fracture who underwent surgery at the university hospital of this institution. METHOD: The authors reviewed 213 medical records of hospitalized patients aged 65 years or older, following to the order the...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Teodoro Ezequiel Guerra, Roberto Deves Viana, Liégenes Feil, Eduardo Terra Feron, Jonathan Maboni, Alfonso Soria-Galvarro Vargas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
Subjects:
Hip fractures
Mortality
Elderly
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