Surgical Outcome for Hip Fractures in Patients with and without Parkinson's Disease

Purpose. To compare surgical outcome of hip fractures (in terms of the ability to walk and complications) in patients with and without Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods. Records of 207 patients who underwent surgery for femoral neck fractures were reviewed. Of whom, 9 men and 26 women with PD a...

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Main Authors: Takahito Yuasa, Katsuhiko Maezawa, Masahiko Nozawa, Kazuo Kaneko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-08-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/230949901302100206