The Impact of the Choice of Treatment of Proximal Femur Fractures on Life Quality of Elderly Patients: Medical and Social Aspects

Abstract

Subject of research is the impact of the tactics of treatment of fractures of the proximal femur on the quality of life in elderly patients. Most of experts note a positive trend in the state of the patients, which were made an operational intervention in the 1st day. However, according to data of foreign research, indices of the quality of life in such patients in the postoperative period to a large extent depend also on demographic, medical and social factors which fail to be adjusted in the course of early surgical intervention. Therefore, for the rational and effective from the point of the assessment of the quality of life, the use of active surgical tactics in the treatment of patients of the elderly age group with fractures of the proximal femur, as well as reducing the legal risks, it is necessary to take into account the factors identified both during the operational stage and in the postoperative period during the implementation of rehabilitation measures.