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Comparable hospital costs with internal fixation and total hip replacement procedures
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Comparable hospital costs with internal fixation and total hip replacement procedures
Int Orthop. 2006 Feb;30(1):1-6. Epub 2005 Dec 23

143 patients (146 hips: 56 from mentally-impaired patients and 90 from lucid patients) with a displaced femoral neck fracture of the hip were randomised to undergo either an internal fixation procedure or a total hip replacement (THR) procedure. The primary outcome was the socio-economic consequences of these two different treatment methods. The results indicated almost identical total costs between the internal fixation and total hip replacement groups.

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OrthoEvidence. Comparable hospital costs with internal fixation and total hip replacement procedures. ACE Report. 2013;3(8):463. Available from: https://myorthoevidence.com/AceReport/Report/

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