Intertrochanteric fractures and mortality in elderly patients

• Main Authors: Hanna Tsitko (Author), Paulina Dudzińska (Author), Małgorzata Milanowska (Author), Aleksandra Grudzińska (Author), Dominika Jarosz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Kazimierz Wielki University, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of the following article was to provide an overview of the medical knowledge on the correlation of intertrochanteric fractures of the femur and mortality in the elderly population. Due to the fact that life expectancy has increased, we can observe an increasing trend of hip fractures. There...