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Does super advanced age predict worse outcomes and higher mortality than advanced age in patients with intertrochanteric fractures?
Does super advanced age predict worse outcomes and higher mortality than advanced age in patients with intertrochanteric fractures?
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Comorbidities, rather than advanced age itself, are the primary drivers of mortality and adverse outcomes in super elderly patients with intertrochanteric fractures.
=0.081, log-rank). Our data demonstrated progressive increases in mortality and poor outcomes with increasing Elixhauser comorbidity scores, which represented the severity index of patients preoperatively. Our study also found that there were weak correlations between five characteristics and the patient age. These results all suggested that it is not the advanced age itself but other concomitant factors, that appear to be responsible for the adverse functional outcomes, perioperative complications, and mortality in super elderly patients.
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