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Doctors Serpukhov saved an elderly patient from disability
Doctors of the Serpukhov hospital successfully performed surgery on a 79-year-old patient with a hip fracture, allowing her to take her first steps with a walker the next day
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The woman was taken to the hospital after the fall, the examination confirmed the fracture, and doctors promptly performed an operation to install the hip endoprosthesis. The operation took 45 minutes, it was performed by doctors Grigory Sobolev and Andrei Barkov, anesthesia was provided by Pavel Shkuratov.
Early activation after surgery significantly reduces the risk of complications in elderly patients. Now the woman continues to recover in the hospital.
