title: Surgical repair of hip fractures in the elderly: a safe journey or a rush to disaster? The case for prior medical stabilization.
authors.affiliation: Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Soroka Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Natan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Weksler
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors