Mortality After Distal Femur Fractures in Elderly Patients

Background Hip fractures in the elderly are associated with high 1-year mortality rates, but whether patients with other lower extremity fractures are exposed to a similar mortality risk is not clear. Questions/purposes We evaluated the mortality of elderly patients after distal femur fractures; det...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical orthopaedics and related research 2011-04, Vol.469 (4), p.1188-1196
Hauptverfasser:	Streubel, Philipp N., Ricci, William M., Wong, Ambrose, Gardner, Michael J.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Chi-Square Distribution Clinical Research Comorbidity congestive heart failure Conservative Orthopedics Data processing Dementia disorders Diseases of the osteoarticular system Female Femoral Fractures - mortality Femoral Fractures - surgery Femur Fracture Fixation - adverse effects Fracture Fixation - mortality Fractures Geriatrics Heart diseases Hip Hip Fractures - mortality Hip Fractures - surgery Humans Injuries of the limb. Injuries of the spine Internet Kaplan-Meier Estimate Kidney diseases Male Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Metastases Middle Aged Missouri Mortality Orthopedics Proportional Hazards Models Radiography Renal failure Risk Assessment Risk Factors Sports Medicine Surgery Surgical Orthopedics Survival Survival Rate Time Factors Trauma Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents Treatment Outcome Tumors
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