@article{ref1,
title="Fractured proximal end of the femur in the elderly--a medico-social study",
journal="Gerontology",
year="1988",
author="Leung, P. C. and Cheng, Y. H. and Ho, Y. F. and Leung, K. S. and Chan, K. M.",
volume="34",
number="4",
pages="192-198",
abstract="278 geriatric patients with fractured proximal end of the femur were studied retrospectively 1.5-5 years (average 3.5 years) after they received treatment in two hospitals. Of the survivors 63%, 56% were totally pain-free while 15% had varying degrees of hip pain. Only 26.5% could squat fully. The physical activity was inversely proportional to the age. The widowed were doing better than the married with living husbands. Of the three methods of treatment (Austin-Moore hemiarthroplasty, plating and Ender's nailing), the hemiarthroplasty group of patients was doing the best physically. In spite of some positive X-ray findings among the different groups, corresponding clinical manifestations were not encountered.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0304-324X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}