ArticleAnnals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England2023
The influence of the patient's health-state compared with time to surgery on the outcomes following hip fracture surgery: a longitudinal study of 4,791 patients.
Article in Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Determinants of hospital length of stay in older adults after hip fracture: a prospective cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Observational
- Reasons for Surgical Delay in HIP Fracture: What Can We Do From the Emergency Room?Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- How do early geriatric intervention and time to surgery influence each other in the management of proximal hip fractures?Age and ageing · 2025Article
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Abstract
introductionThis study investigated whether the health-state of hip fracture patients or the time to surgery had a greater effect on outcomes.
methodsOf the 5,120 patients admitted with a fragility hip fracture, 4,791 (93.6%) were included in the analysis. Patients operated after 36 hours were initially group by length of delay (36-48 hours and >48 hours) and then regrouped by delay cause (medical and administrative). Patients operated within 36 hours were the comparative group. Data were collected at admission, discharge, 120 days and 365 days post discharge.
resultsMultivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the patients who were delayed over 36 hours, owing to medical causes, had a higher mortality at all studied time points, but the patients who were delayed owing to administrative causes had no increase in mortality. Analysis by time to surgery revealed that patients operated after 36 and 48 hours had a higher mortality at discharge only. Medically delayed patients were less likely to return to their premorbid level of residence at discharge. Older, male patients had a higher risk of inferior outcomes. Postoperative length of stay was significantly greater in the >48-hour delay group and the medical delay group. All delay groups had a significantly higher rate of reoperation within 30 days compared with the no-delay group.
conclusionsThe health-state of the hip fracture patient had a greater impact on the outcome in contrast to time to surgery. This study concurs that hip fracture patients should receive surgery within the timeframe of current guidelines, but medically unwell patients have relatively worse outcomes and should receive enhanced clinical attention.
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