Factors affecting postoperative mortality in patients older than 65 years undergoing surgery for hip fracture

Abstract

BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting postoperative mortality in patients older than 65 years of age undergoing surgery for hip fracture.

Anesthetic Techniques in Octogenarians and Older Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery for Hip Fracture

“…The number of patients received regional anesthesia were larger than general anesthesia in elderly patients [6,10,11]. Consistent with the literature, the current study showed that regional anesthesia was more commonly choosing of anesthetic technique in octogenarians and older.…”

“…The female gender was larger than the male gender among elderly patients in hip fracture surgeries [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. With regards to the relationship between gender and mortality, they reported that the mortality rate is higher in males than females [2,7,9,13,14].…”

“…Because of the decreased cardiopulmonary capacity and multiple coexisting diseases, octogenarians and older have increased the risk of perioperative morbidity and mortality for hip fracture surgery [5][6][7]. The postoperative mortality is increased in the first year, especially in the first month, after hip fracture surgery [8,9].…”

Comparison of femur intertrochanteric fracture fixation with hemiarthroplasty and proximal femoral nail systems

“…Karaman et al have concluded many factors such as age, ASA score, preoperative comorbidities, type of anaesthesia affects the mortality rates but these are similar for the PFN and BPH group in our study. [22] glu et al who have reported higher mortality rates for arthroplasty group than internal fixation. [23,24] On the contrary, other studies found no difference in mortality between internal fixation and arthroplasty.…”

Risk factors for mortality in delayed intertrochanteric fractures

“…Age and ASA scores also found related with increased mortality in our study. Mortality rates dramatically increase in ASA grade 3-4 patients when compared to ASA grade 1-2 patients [16]. Different comorbidities evaluated like cardiac disease, diabetes, pneumonia or renal diseases etc.…”