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Ninety-Day Mortality After Intertrochanteric Hip Fracture

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Research on the relationship between orthopaedic volume and outcomes has focused almost exclusively on elective arthroplasty procedures. Geriatric patients who have sustained an intertrochanteric hip fracture are older and have a heavier comorbidity burden in comparison with patients undergoing elective arthroplasty; therefore, any advantage of provider volume in terms of mortality could be overwhelmed by the severity of the hip …

Authors

Forte ML; Virnig BA; Swiontkowski MF; Bhandari M; Feldman R; Eberly LE; Kane RL

Journal

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 92, No. 4, pp. 799–806

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date

April 2010

DOI

10.2106/jbjs.h.01204

ISSN

0021-9355