Incidence and risk factors associated with postoperative stroke in the elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery

Abstract Objectives Stroke is one of the rare but devastating complications after hip fracture in the elderly. By far, there is still scarce data on postoperative stroke in elderly patients with hip fractures. Methods This was a retrospective study of prospectively collected data. Between October 20...

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Main Authors: Lili Yu, Yanbin Zhu, Wei Chen, Hui Bu, Yingze Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-020-01962-6