ReviewCurrent orthopaedic practice
Length of hospital stay and mortality of hip fracture surgery in patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- A Discrepancy Between Evidence and Practice: Underuse of Cemented Hemiarthroplasty for Femoral Neck Fractures and Its Association With Surgeon Training Background.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2026Article
- Descriptive Analysis of Trauma Admission Trends before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Benefits of surgical treatment within 48 h of proximal femoral fracture in centenarians: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
- COVID-19 Infection Was Associated with the Functional Outcomes of Hip Fracture among Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic Apex.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients who undergo hip fracture surgery are expected to have worse outcomes because they are vulnerable to developing COVID-19-associated complications. The present review attempted to assess the in-hospital and 30-day mortality rates as well as the length of hospital stay in patients with COVID-19 infection who had hip fracture surgery.
methodsTwo authors independently searched Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Knowledge, SCOPUS, and Embase, based on the MeSH-matched scientific keywords. The nine-star Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) scoring system was employed to assess the methodological quality of all eligible studies.
resultsEleven cohort studies that included 336 patients comprised the study. Three studies reported in-hospital mortality. Eight studies reported 30-day postoperative mortality. The pooled in-hospital mortality rate was 29.8% (95% CI: 26.6%-35.6%). The pooled 30-day postoperative mortality rate was 35.0% (95% CI: 29.9%-40.5%). The mean hospital stay was 11.29 days (95% CI: 10.65 days-11.94 days).
conclusionsThe rates of in-hospital and 30-day mortality in COVID-19 patients who undergo hip fracture surgery is high. These data suggest delaying hip fracture surgery until COVID-19 infection of the patients is controlled. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level II.
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