Citation

Bredahl C, Nyholm B, Hindsholm KB, Mortensen JS, Olesen AS. Injury 1992; 23(2): 83-86.

Affiliation

Department of Anaesthesia, Aalborg City and County Hospital, Denmark.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1572720

Abstract

This retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate the mortality and morbidity of patients undergoing hip fracture surgery within 12 h of admission, compared with surgery more than 12 h after admission, the patients had no acute medical conditions that required preoperative treatment. Mortality rates were based on survival of the patients up to 1 year after surgery. For patients with fractures of the femoral neck, and in whom surgery was performed within 12 hours of admission, the mortality rate was significantly lower from 5 months after the operation. Time of surgery did not influence the mortality of patients with trochanteric fractures. It is suggested that a fractured neck of the femur in an otherwise fit elderly patient should be regarded as a surgical emergency.

Language: en