ArticleFrontiers in medicine2025
Effect of timing of surgery on postoperative complications and prognosis in elderly patients with hip fractures.
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Background: In clinical practice, there is no standardized criteria for the optimal timing of hip fracture surgery in the elderly, and there is much controversy. Objectives: To investigate the effect of timing of surgery on postoperative complications and prognosis in elderly patients with hip fractures. Methods: Retrospectively analyzed 636 elderly hip fracture patients over 65 years old. The patients were divided into early group (< 3 days), intermediate group (3-7 days) and late group (> 7 days) according to the time from fracture to surgery, and the three groups were compared with the postoperative in-hospital general conditions, the occurrence of complications, the efficacy and the prognosis. Results: Postoperative hospitalization was significantly shorter in the early group than in the intermediate and late groups (9.5 ± 4.2 d vs. 11.9 ± 3.7 d vs. 13.3 ± 4.5 d, Conclusion: Early surgery reduces the incidence of postoperative complications in elderly hip fracture patients, shortens hospitalization time, facilitates early recovery of hip function, and reduces mortality within 1 year after surgery.
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