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Review
. 2000 Jun;61(6):417-9.
doi: 10.12968/hosp.2000.61.6.1358.

Orthopaedic surgery in the elderly

J Treml  1 , P B Kroker
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Orthopaedic surgery in the elderly

J Treml et al. Hosp Med. 2000 Jun.

Abstract

Demographic estimations for the UK predict an increase in the number of major orthopaedic surgical procedures in elderly people. The two major indications for surgery are osteoporotic fractures and severe osteoarthritis of weight-bearing joints. Coexisting medical disease makes elderly patients a surgical high-risk group, and mortality and morbidity after emergency surgery remains high.

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