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ArticleGeriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation2021

Effect of Nonsurgical Versus Surgical Management on Geriatric Hip Fracture Mortality of Hispanic-American Male Veterans.

Lucas G De Virgilio-Salgado, Gerardo Olivella, Henry Ruberté, Ricardo J Abreu, Antonio Otero-López, Pedro Reyes-Martínez, Norman Ramírez, Francisco Otero-López

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Lucas G De Virgilio-SalgadoOrthopaedic Surgery, UPR, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Gerardo OlivellaOrthopaedic Surgery, UPR, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4792-4625
Henry RubertéMedicine Department, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
Ricardo J AbreuOrthopaedic Surgery, UPR, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Antonio Otero-LópezOrthopaedic Surgery, UPR, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Pedro Reyes-MartínezOrthopaedic Surgery, UPR, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Norman RamírezPediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Department, Mayagüez Medical Center, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Francisco Otero-LópezOrthopaedic Surgery, UPR, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Abstract

introductionThe effect of surgical vs nonsurgical management on hip fracture mortality of Hispanic-American male veterans has not been rigorously studied MATERIAL AND

methodsThis was a retrospective cohort study of Hispanic-American male veterans who were 65 years of age or older and suffered a femoral neck or intertrochanteric fracture from January 2008 to December 2015. Analysis between a surgical cohort (cannulated screw fixation, hemiarthroplasty, total hip arthroplasty, or cephalomedullary nail) and a non-surgical cohort was performed. In-hospital, 30-day, one-year, and two-year mortality were compared between both groups.

resultsOut of 268 patients with hip fracture, 159 (59.2%) were treated surgically and 109 (40.8%) non-surgically. The overall in-hospital (9.2% vs 1.9%, DISCUSSION AND

conclusionThis study shows a higher mortality rate and lower life expectancy in geriatric male patients who were treated nonsurgically in a Veterans Health Affair hospital facility that mostly serves Hispanic-American veterans. Our results provide an expansion to the findings of other geriatric studies on hip fracture with focus in a Hispanic-American veteran male population.

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geriatricship fractureHispanic-American veteranmortalitysurvival

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PMCPMC8489751

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