-
- J Zagrodnick and H K Kaufner.
- Unfallchirurgische Klinik, Landkrankenhaus Coburg.
- Unfallchirurgie. 1990 Jun 1; 16 (3): 139-43.
AbstractWhile there is no doubt about the importance of early operation of fractures of the proximal femur in the very old the exact timing of the operation is still in discussion. Routine emergency operation is opposed to a carefully planned individual timing of surgery. The advantages of a medical and anesthesiological pretreatment could be clearly demonstrated in an own series of 107 patients older than 85 treated for fracture of the proximal femur in the last three years. Hospital mortality was lowered from 18.9 to 9.1%. At the same time the rate of severe complications and the length of hospital stay were reduced significantly.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..