ArticleOTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma2025
Surgical consent by healthcare proxies does not delay surgery in older adult patients with hip fracture.
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Objectives: To evaluate the effect of obtaining consent from a healthcare proxy on time to surgery in older adult patients with hip fracture. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: Single Level 1 Trauma Center. Patients: Consecutive patients over a 2-year period with a proximal femur fracture (OTA/AO 31A-C except 31A1.1) older than 70 years were included. Exclusion criteria were nonoperative management, periprosthetic fractures, multiple fracture fixations, admission to nonorthopaedic care, and delay due to anticoagulation usage. Intervention: Surgical consent forms were evaluated to categorize patients as self-consented (SC) or healthcare proxy-consented (HCPC). Outcome measures: Time of presentation-to-surgery (PTS-time) and time of admission-to-surgery (ATS-time). Results: The HCPC group had a significantly longer PTS-time compared with the SC group (median 27.1 hours vs. 22.2 hours, Conclusions: Needing healthcare proxy consent does not have a clinically relevant impact on time-to-surgery; however, it does indicate a frail and vulnerable hip fracture patient. Requiring healthcare proxy consent is associated with an increased risk of postoperative delirium and extended hospital length of stay. Level of evidence: III.
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