Does early surgery reduce mortality and complications in elderly patients with hip fracture?
Early surgery after hip fracture in elderly patients is associated with reduced mortality and postoperative complications.
Earlier surgery was associated with a lower risk of death and lower rates of postoperative pneumonia and pressure sores among elderly patients with hip fracture. These results suggest that reducing delays may reduce mortality and complications.
Simunovic et al. (Mon,) studied this question.
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