Focus on geriatric proximal femur fractures: factors that influence the outcome.

Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg

Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.

Published: April 2022

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