Mortality Registration in Patients with a Proximal Femoral Fracture Admitted to a Surgical Ward
- Remy M. Tjeenk, Abbey Schepers, Pieter van de Linde, Paul J. Breslau, Mark-Paul F. M. Vrancken Peeters
- European Journal of Trauma
- 2002
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Registration of Complications in Operative Treatment of Proximal Femoral Fractures in the Elderly
- Published 2001 in European Journal of Trauma
Abstract
Surgery of proximal femur fractures can give rise to a high rate of postoperative complications and morbidity. In order to evaluate the results of proximal femoral surgery and to improve treatment in the elderly, we performed a prospective study between 1996 and 1998, scoring complications according to a special system used at our institute. Patients: 268… (More)