TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Functional outcome after hip fracture in Japan
JO  - Clinical orthopaedics and related research
A1  - Kitamura, S.
A1  - Hasegawa, Y.
A1  - Suzuki, S.
A1  - Sasaki, R.
A1  - Iwata, H.
A1  - Wingstrand, H.
A1  - Thorngren, K. G.
SP  - 29
EP  - 36
VL  - 
IS  - 348
N2  - One thousand one hundred sixty-nine elderly Japanese patients who sustained a hip fracture were observed prospectively. Ninety-two percent had operative fracture treatment. Hospital length of stay averaged 67 days; 81% of patients were discharged to their place of residence where they resided before sustaining the fracture. Mortality rates at 120 days, 1 year, and 2 years after injury were 6%, 11%, and 19%, respectively. At 1-year followup, ambulatory status was recovered to that of the level experienced before injury in 67% of patients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0009-921X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -