Expedited surgery for hip fracture?

Affiliations

¹ Research fellow, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University.
² Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.

Comment

Flavia Kessler Borges et al. CMAJ. 2017.

. 2017 Jan 30;189(4):E171.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.732485.

¹ Research fellow, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University.
² Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.

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