Prompt surgery is the standard treatment for most patients with acute hip fracture, with the specific approach tailored to fracture location and patient characteristics.
Hip fracture, categorized according to location as femoral-neck, intertrochanteric, or subtrochanteric, is treated in most patients with prompt surgery. The specific approach is determined according to fracture location and other patient and fracture characteristics.
Bhandari et al. (Wed,) studied this question.