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The aim of this study was to determine the one year survival rate after a proximal femur fracture and to investigate the predictors for fatality. All patients that were admitted, with an acute proximal femur fracture caused by a fall of low energy impact from 1 May 2008 - 30 April 2009 in a main portuguese hospital were invited to participate in the study.
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Keywords
Follow-up study Femur fracture
Citation
Campos, S., Alves, S. M., Cabral, A. T., & Pina, M. F. (2012). Survival in the elderly following a proximal femur fracture: One-year follow-up study. IOF-ECCEO European Congress on Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis / 2nd IOF-ESCEO Pre-Clinical Symposium, 23, 345–346. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-012-1928-7
Publisher
Springer