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Aim: To predict duration of treatment for tibial lengthening, as a function of target length increase.Method: Review of case notes and radiographs of patients undergoing Ilizarov method of tibial distraction osteogenesis.Results: In the 27 cases suitable for analysis, the median age was 29.9 years (13.3 to 72.6 years), and the median distraction was 3.5 cm (1.0 to 7.2 cm). A positive linear relationship...
Objective: To investigate the effect of a 'fast-track' scheme (FTS) on waiting times in A&E of elderly patients with hip fractures. Design: Retrospective study of elderly patients admitted via A&E with a diagnosis of 'hip fracture' between May and July 2001. The control group was from the same 3-month period in the year before the introduction of the FTS. Results: The reduction in mean waiting...
Osteoporotic hip fractures are an increasing cause of disability to elderly patients and expenditure to the NHS. The aim of this work was to determine whether the rate of sequential hip fractures in elderly patients has changed over the past 20 years. The design was to do a retrospective study of 186 patients admitted with a diagnosis of femoral neck fracture in order to determine how many had suffered...
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