Recommendations on hip fractures

Affiliations

¹ Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, P.O. Box 30001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands. k.w.wendt@umcg.nl.
² Hohmad Privatklinik Thun, Hohmaddstrasse 1, 3600, Thun, Switzerland.
³ Klinik für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Plastische Chirurgie, Universitätskliniken Leipzig, Leibigstrasse 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
⁴ Departmernt for Emergency Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, AKH Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
⁵ , Schubertstrasse 12, 29223, Celle, Germany.
⁶ Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Hovidovre, Kettegard Alle 30, 2650, Hovidovre, Denmark.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Elkerliek Ziekenhuis locatie Helmond, Wesselmanlaan 25, 5797 HA, Helmond, The Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Teaching and General Hospital Celje, Oblakova Ulica 5, 3000, Celje, Slovenia.
⁹ Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Balkan Yerleskesi, 22030, Edirne, Turkey.

Review

K Wendt et al. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;42(4):425-431.

doi: 10.1007/s00068-016-0684-3.

¹ Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, P.O. Box 30001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands. k.w.wendt@umcg.nl.
² Hohmad Privatklinik Thun, Hohmaddstrasse 1, 3600, Thun, Switzerland.
³ Klinik für Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und Plastische Chirurgie, Universitätskliniken Leipzig, Leibigstrasse 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
⁴ Departmernt for Emergency Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, AKH Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
⁵ , Schubertstrasse 12, 29223, Celle, Germany.
⁶ Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Hovidovre, Kettegard Alle 30, 2650, Hovidovre, Denmark.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Elkerliek Ziekenhuis locatie Helmond, Wesselmanlaan 25, 5797 HA, Helmond, The Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Teaching and General Hospital Celje, Oblakova Ulica 5, 3000, Celje, Slovenia.
⁹ Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Balkan Yerleskesi, 22030, Edirne, Turkey.

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Comment in

Letter to the editor.
Suhm N, Bingisser R, Kressig RW, Meyer T, Steiner LA, Kopp Lugli A, Kiss C, Jakob M, Friederich NF. Suhm N, et al. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2016 Dec;42(6):797-798. doi: 10.1007/s00068-016-0729-7. Epub 2016 Oct 12. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2016. PMID: 27734099 No abstract available.

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