Stephen Thong Soon Tan 1 , Wei Ping Marcus Tan 2 , Josephine Jaipaul 3 , Siew Pang Chan 2 , Sathappan S Sathappan 1 Show Affiliations »
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of elderly hip fracture patients who received surgical treatment with those who received non-surgical treatment. METHODS: This retrospective study involved 2,756 elderly patients with hip fractures who were admitted over a six-year period. The patients' biodata, complications, ambulatory status at discharge and length of hospital stay were obtained from the institution's hip fracture registry. RESULTS: Among the 2,756 hip fracture patients, 2,029 (73.6%) underwent surgical intervention, while 727 (26.4%) opted for non-surgical intervention. The complication rate among the patients who underwent surgical intervention was 6.6%, while that among the patients who underwent non-surgical intervention was 12.5% (p < 0.01). The mean length of hospital stay for the surgical and non-surgical hip fracture patients was 15.7 days and 22.4 days, respectively (p < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Surgical management of hip fractures among the elderly is associated with a lower complication rate, as well as a reduced length of hospital stay. Copyright: © Singapore Medical Association
INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of elderly hip fracture patients who received surgical treatment with those who received non-surgical treatment. METHODS: This retrospective study involved 2,756 elderly patients with hip fractures who were admitted over a six-year period. The patients ' biodata, complications, ambulatory status at discharge and length of hospital stay were obtained from the institution's hip fracture registry. RESULTS: Among the 2,756 hip fracture patients , 2,029 (73.6%) underwent surgical intervention, while 727 (26.4%) opted for non-surgical intervention. The complication rate among the patients who underwent surgical intervention was 6.6%, while that among the patients who underwent non-surgical intervention was 12.5% (p < 0.01). The mean length of hospital stay for the surgical and non-surgical hip fracture patients was 15.7 days and 22.4 days, respectively (p < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Surgical management of hip fractures among the elderly is associated with a lower complication rate, as well as a reduced length of hospital stay. Copyright: © Singapore Medical Association
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Keywords:
hip fractures; hospital length of stay; non-surgical intervention; postoperative outcomes; surgical intervention
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Year: 2016
PMID： 26915390 PMCID： PMC5435843 DOI： 10.11622/smedj.2016045
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Singapore Med J ISSN： 0037-5675 Impact factor: 1.858