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Patient satisfaction, pain, and quality of life 4 months after displaced femoral neck fractures: A comparison of 663 fractures treated with internal fixation and 906 with bipolar hemiarthroplasty reported to the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register

Jan-Erik Gjertsen The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tarjei Vinje The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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Stein Atle Lie The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Department of Health, University Research Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Lars B Engesæter The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Leif Ivar Havelin The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Ove Furnes The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Department of Locus of Registry Based Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Jonas M Fevang The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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Pages 594-601 | Received 26 Jun 2007, Accepted 29 Feb 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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