Changing treatment of hip fractures in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Hip fracture treatment should be as standardized and effective as possible, with emphasis on fast recovery and avoidance of complications, especially those leading to reoperations. There is accumulating evidence regarding the optimal treatment of hip fractures but reports of whether this has influenced treatment in the clinical setting are sparse. The objective of this study was to determine the trends of hip fracture incidence and treatment in Finland, with special regard to how we treat older patients compared to younger ones.

Materials and methods

All operatively treated hip fractures in Finland between 1997 and 2018 were identified from a national administrative register. The incidence of these fractures and operations performed to treat them were calculated

SUBMITTER: Leino OK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11417085 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature