CORR Insights®: Association of a modified frailty index with mortality after femoral neck fracture in patients aged 60 years and older

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Jay M Zampini. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014 Mar.

. 2014 Mar;472(3):1018-9.

doi: 10.1007/s11999-013-3387-7. Epub 2013 Nov 26.

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, 245 N. 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA, jay.zampini@drexelmed.edu.

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Association of a modified frailty index with mortality after femoral neck fracture in patients aged 60 years and older.
Patel KV, Brennan KL, Brennan ML, Jupiter DC, Shar A, Davis ML. Patel KV, et al. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014 Mar;472(3):1010-7. doi: 10.1007/s11999-013-3334-7. Epub 2013 Oct 29. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014. PMID: 24166073 Free PMC article.

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