title: The John Border Memorial Lecture: delaying emergency fracture surgery--fact or fad.
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Meek
mesh_terms: D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control*