Complications and associated risk factors after surgical management of proximal femoral fractures

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-549108
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.54910

Walter, Nike

; Szymski, Dominik

; Kurtz, Steven M. ; Lowenberg, David W. ; Alt, Volker

; Lau, Edmund C. ; Rupp, Markus

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Abstract

Aims This work aimed at answering the following research questions: 1) What is the rate of mechanical complications, nonunion and infection for head/neck femoral fractures, intertrochanteric fractures, and subtrochanteric fractures in the elderly USA population? and 2) Which factors influence adverse outcomes? Methods Proximal femoral fractures occurred between 1 January 2009 and 31 ...