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Co-management in geriatric hip fractures

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Matthias Knobe and Hans-Christoph Pape declare no conflicts of interest in relation to this work.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Trauma, University of Aachen Medical Center, 30 Pauwelsstreet, 52074, Aachen, Germany

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This article is a response to the Letter to the Editor by Suhm N, Bingisser R, Kressig RW, Meyer T, Steiner LA, Kopp Lugli A, Kiss C, Jakob M and Friedrich MF.

This reply refers to the original article available at doi:10.1007/s00068-016-0684-3.

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Knobe, M., Pape, HC. Co-management in geriatric hip fractures. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 42, 795–796 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-016-0728-8

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