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Reply to Letter to the Editor: New Equations for Predicting Postoperative Risk in Patients with Hip Fracture

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kumamoto University Hospital, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan

    Jun Hirose MD, PhD

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Hirose, J. Reply to Letter to the Editor: New Equations for Predicting Postoperative Risk in Patients with Hip Fracture. Clin Orthop Relat Res 468, 1706–1707 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-010-1351-3

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