Timing of Operations and Outcomes for Patients With Hip Fracture-It's Probably Not Worth the Wait.

What it found

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Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Disparities in survival after hip fractures in Chile in patients above 60 years: the impact of the operating room management.Frontiers in health services · 2026
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2. Beyond the guidelines: outcomes of extremely delayed hip fracture surgery in elderly.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025
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3. Association of Patient-Level and Hospital-Level Factors With Timely Fracture Care by Race.JAMA network open · 2022
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4. High volumes of recent surgical admissions, time to surgery, and 60-day mortality.The bone & joint journal · 2021
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5. Antithrombotics in Patients With a Femoral Neck Fracture: Evaluating Daily Practice in an Observational Cohort Study.Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation · 2021
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6. Survival After Hip Fracture: A Comparative Analysis Between a Private and a Public Health Center in Chile.Cureus · 2020
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7. Surgical intervention in patients with proximal femoral fractures confirmed positive for COVID-19-a report of 2 cases.Acta orthopaedica · 2020
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8. Preoperative Venous Thromboembolism in Elderly Patients with Hip Fractures: Independent Risk Factors and Interactions Between D-Dimer and Clinical Variables.Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis
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Corrections and comments

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  Association Between Wait Time and 30-Day Mortality in Adults Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery.2017

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