Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34967737›Full record

ArticleActa orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica2021

Analysis of risk factors affecting mortality in elderly patients operated on for hip fractures: A retrospective comparative study.

Çağdaş Biçen, Mehmet Akdemir, Mehmet Aykut Türken, Kübra Çekok, Ahmet Ekin, Ahmet Cemil Turan

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Observational
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Platelet P2YBritish journal of pharmacology · 2024
    Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. [Femoral neck fractures].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023
    Article
  13. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Çağdaş BiçenDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology, İzmir University of Economics, Medical Park Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Mehmet AkdemirClinic of Orthopedics and Traumatology, İzmir Ekol Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Mehmet Aykut TürkenDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology, İzmir University of Economics, Medical Park Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Kübra ÇekokDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, İzmir University of Economics, Medical Park Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Ahmet EkinDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology, İzmir University of Economics, Medical Park Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Ahmet Cemil TuranDepartment of Orthopedics and Traumatology, İzmir University of Economics, Medical Park Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Izmir University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aims of this study were (1) to investigate the effects of different demographic and perioperative modalities on mortality rates and (2) to compare mortality rates between different implants in elderly patients operated on for hip fractures.

methodsIn this retrospective study, a total of 314 patients who were operated on for hip fractures were included study. Patients were then divided into four groups based in their implant types: long-stem cementless bipolar hemiarthroplasty (n = 124; 102 female, 22 male; mean age = 84.2 ± 6.4 years), standard-stem cementless bipolar hemiarthroplasty (n = 74; 48 female, 26 male; mean age = 83.5 ± 6.9 years), antegrade intertrochanteric nail (n = 61; 35 female, 26 male; mean age = 78.5 ± 6.8 years), and total hip arthroplasty (n = 55; 34 female, 21 male; mean age = 72.5 ± 4.3 years). Data including gender, age, duration from injury to surgery, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score, comorbidities, use of antiplatelet agents, Barthel Index of Activities of Daily Living, type of anesthesia, operation time, preoperative hemoglobin values, blood transfusions given, duration of hospital stay, complications, and type of fracture were recorded.

resultsOverall, the mean follow-up was 36.5 (range = 0 - 107) months. The overall mortality rate was 53.2%. The median survival duration was 44.2 ± 5 months (range = 34.3 - 54). Survival rates were found significantly different among the groups (P = 0.001). In the first three years postoperatively, the mortality rate was higher in the standard-stem bipolar hemiarthroplasty group, but in the long-term follow-up, the long-stem bipolar hemiarthroplasty group exhibited the higher mortality rates. It was observed that some parameters had statistically significant effects on the mortality rates. Male gender, higher age, lower hemoglobin values, increased number of blood transfusions, ASA scores ≥3, the existence of ≥ 3 comorbidities were found as main predictors of increased mortality rates.

conclusionThe results of this study have shown that age, gender, preoperative hemoglobin levels, ASA scores, and comorbidities are significant factors affecting mortality in elderly patients operated on for hip fractures. Long-stem cementless bipolar hemiarthroplasty appears to show similar rates of mortality with standard-stem cementless bipolar hemiarthroplasty. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, Therapeutic Study.

Indexed as

Arthroplasty, Replacement, HipFemoral Neck FracturesHemiarthroplastyHip FracturesActivities of Daily LivingAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID34967737
PMCPMC11583227
OpenAlexW4200169968

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.