Fibular Nailing Seems an Effective Strategy to Decrease Treatment Crude Costs for AO-Type 44B Ankle Fractures in Elderly Patients.
Advisor, Care Program Management, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Bart
B
Smeets
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Professor and Trauma Surgeon, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Harm
H
Hoekstra
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064386:Ankle Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D001530:Belgium; D001858:Bone Nails; D015331:Cohort Studies; D017046:Cost Savings; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005360:Fibula; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D011446:Prospective Studies