Why the study?
Does surgical timing affect 10-year survival in elderly patients undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty for femoral neck fractures?
Population
291 elderly patients with traumatic femoral neck fractures treated with Total Hip Arthroplasty, mean age 75…
Comparison
Total Hip Arthroplasty performed at different… vs Internal comparison between surgical timing…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
10 years
Authors
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Should not yet change surgical timing practices; leaves open whether delay causally worsens long-term survival in elderly hip fracture patients.
Does surgical timing affect 10-year survival in elderly patients undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty for femoral neck fractures?
Delaying total hip arthroplasty for more than 7 days in elderly patients with femoral neck fractures is associated with significantly worse 10-year survival.
NS et al. (2021) studied this question.
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