Open AccessThe burden of second hip fractures: provincial surgical hospitalizations over 15 years
Author(s) -
Pierre Guy,
Boris Sobolev,
Katie Jane Sheehan,
Lisa Kuramoto,
Kelly A. Lefaivre
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
canadian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1488-2310
pISSN - 0008-428X
DOI - 10.1503/cjs.008616
Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , physical therapy , surgery , osteoporosis
Second hip fractures account for up to 15% of all hip fractures. We sought to determine if the proportion of hip fracture surgeries for second hip fracture changed over time in terms of patient and fracture characteristics.
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