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ArticleArchives of osteoporosis2020

Medical and economic consequences of perioperative complications in older hip fracture patients.

Tom Knauf, Juliana Hack, Juliane Barthel, Daphne Eschbach, Carsten Schoeneberg, Steffen Ruchholtz, Benjamin Buecking, Rene Aigner

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Article in Archives of osteoporosis, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tom KnaufCenter for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043, Marburg, Germany. knauft@med.uni-marburg.de.
Juliana HackCenter for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
Juliane BarthelCenter for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
Daphne EschbachCenter for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
Carsten SchoenebergDepartment of Orthopedic and Emergency Surgery, Alfried Krupp Hospital, Alfried-Krupp-Straße 21, 45131, Essen, Germany.
Steffen RuchholtzCenter for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
Benjamin BueckingCenter for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, DRK-Kliniken Nordhessen, Hansteinstraße 29, 34121, Kassel, Germany.
Rene AignerCenter for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Baldingerstraße 1, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg · DEAlfried Krupp Hospital · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients suffering from complications during inpatient treatment after hip fracture surgery are associated with a worse mid-term outcome. While surgically treatable complications only delay the healing process, internal complications seem to worsen the outcome in the long run. All complications come with significant increased costs during the hospital stay. PURPOSE: Due to the demographic changes, the importance of hip fractures is still increasing nowadays. Not only surgical but also medical complications represent a major challenge in the treatment of those patients. Nevertheless, only few is known about the functional, medical, and economic consequences of complications.

methodsA total of 402 hip fracture patients ≥ 60 years were observed prospectively at a German university hospital. Complications were assessed during the inpatient stay and classified by Clavien and Dindo. Afterwards their influence on acute care costs was examined as well as their influence on the mortality, health-related quality of life (HRQL) (EQ5D), functional capacities (Barthel index), and mobility (Tinetti score) in the follow-up periods of 6 and 12 months.

resultsComplications that required surgical revision/treatment (type III) were associated with an increased 6 months' mortality, while type II and IV complications did not influence mortality after 6 and 12 months. Six months after surgery, HRQL, Barthel score, and Tinetti score were reduced in patients suffering from all different types of complications. After 12 months however, HRQL, Barthel score, and Tinetti score following type II and IV complications remained reduced, while the scores improved in patients suffering from type III complication. All types of complications led to significantly increased acute care costs.

conclusionsThe results of the present study emphasize the crucial role of perioperative complications in older patients with hip fractures. Therefore, special attention has to be given to the prevention of those complications, e.g., with orthogeriatric treatment models, which have been shown to be effective in the reduction of complications.

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Hip FracturesQuality of LifeAgedHumansLength of StayProspective StudiesTreatment OutcomeGeriatric fractureHip fractureOrtho-geriatricsTreatment costs

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