Hip Fracture

Rate of recovery and length of stay in skilled nursing facilities and inpatient rehabilitation facilities correlated with mobility and self-care results at discharge in patients who underwent hip fracture surgery, according to study results.

In patients with hip fractures, use of romosozumab did not improve clinical or radiographic outcomes, according to study results.

PHOENIX — At the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, here, investigator and cardiologist Philip J. Devereaux, MD, said accelerated surgery that occurred within 6 hours of a low-energy hip fracture was not associated with any lower risk of mortality or any fewer major complications than standard hip fracture care, which involved surgery performed 24 hours after the fracture.

The analgesic medication tramadol was associated with a higher risk for hip fracture compared with codeine and commonly used NSAIDs, according to findings from a population-based study.

Patients newly diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus demonstrate a 62% increased risk for hip fractures compared with those without lupus, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

According to study results, the mortality frailty index correlated with 30-day morbidity and mortality in patients who were 50 years old or older with intertrochanteric femur fractures. Investigators found the strongest predictor of increased 30-day morbidity and mortality after surgical treatment of the intertrochanteric femur fractures was a modified frailty index of 0.27 or more.

DENVER — In elderly patients with high energy or fragility fractures of the pelvis, use of retrograde transpubic screws may yield good clinical results with lower or similar complication rates to alternative methods of anterior pelvic ring fixation, according to results presented at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, here.

Adults with type 2 diabetes are 55% more likely to sustain an incident vertebral fracture compared with adults without diabetes, with vertebral fracture history further raising the risk for experiencing a nonvertebral fracture, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

Regular, weekly physical activity such as walking and yard work can lower the risk for hip or total fracture among postmenopausal women, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Researchers of a published study found both short- and long-term use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors was associated with increased risk for hip fracture among patients on hemodialysis.