Hip Fracture

Results from a mixed-methods qualitative study showed improvement strategies based on hospital-specific contextual determinants of time to surgery may reduce delays in time to surgery for patients with hip fractures.

According to published results, “off-hour” surgical start times between 5 p.m. and 6:59 a.m. do not negatively affect hospital quality measures or outcomes of hip fracture surgery.

Published results showed application of calcium sulphate and hydroxyapatite biomaterial at the bone-implant interface may increase peri-implant bone formation in patients with osteoporosis and trochanteric fractures.

Since the advent of the modern THA in the 1960s, it has been a life-changing surgical procedure with overwhelmingly successful results.

Popularized by Sir John Charnley, MB, ChB, MRCS, LRCP, in the 1960s, total hip arthroplasty with a cemented femoral component was the standard of care for surgical treatment of osteoarthritis for several decades.

Long-term adherence to healthful or unhealthful plant-based diets was not associated with risk for hip fracture among postmenopausal women, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.

WAILEA, Hawaii — At Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Derek J. Donegan, MD, shared five tips for the treatment of hip and femur fractures.

SEATTLE — Results presented here showed early administration of tranexamic acid may not reduce blood transfusion rates among patients with isolated extracapsular hip fractures.

SEATTLE — Results presented here showed older patients who are taking direct oral anticoagulants may experience worse clinical outcomes after delayed hip fracture surgery vs. those who are treated early.

Vegetarians had a greater risk for hip fracture compared with regular meat eaters, although the absolute differences were small and “should be weighed against the potential health benefits of vegetarian diets,” according to researchers.