Hip Fracture

Despite improvements in procedural efficiency and length of stay, hospital charges and payments have increased relative to surgeon charges and payments after surgical fixation of hip fractures, according to published results.

Although patients who survived hip fracture experienced declines in function and well-being in the first year after hip fracture, published results showed measurable gains in function and well-being by 2 years after fracture.

Results presented at the International Geriatric Fracture Society Virtual Annual Meeting showed no correlation between mobility, pain scores or discharge location and depression among geriatric patients with hip fracture.

Patients who sustained a hip fracture in hospital had a higher mortality risk than patients who sustained a hip fracture outside the hospital, according to results presented at the Virtual EFORT Congress.

Results presented at the Virtual EFORT Congress showed an association between the CHA2DS2-VASc score with risk of stroke, thromboembolism and death among patients with or without atrial fibrillation undergoing treatment for hip fracture.

A congress is as good as its scientific program. Therefore, each EFORT Annual Congress, even a virtual one, relies on the high-quality content from orthopaedic and traumatology physicians and researchers from Europe and worldwide.

Young and middle-aged adults with hip fractures face continual challenges through 3.5 years after their injury, according to results of a study to highlight patients’ recovery experiences.

Preoperative fascia iliaca compartment blocks were associated with decreased postoperative pain and opioid consumption while improving functional recovery in older patients with proximal femur fractures, according to presented results.

Study results show no difference in value of care or acute outcomes for patients with hip fractures who underwent total hip arthroplasty by a fellowship-trained adult reconstruction surgeon compared with other orthopedic subspecialists.

Delays in radiography and surgery may be risk factors for mortality, increased opioid use and prolonged hospital stays in older patients with hip fractures, according to published results.