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Comment on the article: Hemiarthroplasty versus internal fixation in super-aged patients with undisplaced femoral neck fractures: a 5-year follow-up of randomized controlled trial

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  1. Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Filip C. Dolatowski & Stein Erik Utvåg

  2. Department of Orthopedics, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway

    Filip C. Dolatowski, Per-Henrik Randsborg, Stein Erik Utvåg & Rune Bruhn Jakobsen

  3. Department of Health Management and Health Economics, The Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Rune Bruhn Jakobsen

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As stated in the paper Drs. Dolatowski and Utvåg are investigators in a similar RCT (registered at Clinicaltrials.gov NCT01770769).

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Dolatowski, F.C., Randsborg, PH., Utvåg, S.E. et al. Comment on the article: Hemiarthroplasty versus internal fixation in super-aged patients with undisplaced femoral neck fractures: a 5-year follow-up of randomized controlled trial. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 137, 1269–1270 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-017-2746-3

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