Increased complications of proximal femur fractures during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide medical claims database study in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a worldwide pandemic, and mortality increases in elderly patients with comorbidities. This study aims to examine the in-hospital complications and mortality for elderly patients with proximal femur fractures during the COVID-19 pandemic or countermeasure periods.

Materials and methods

The proximal femur fractures undergoing surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic or countermeasure period were compared with the pre-pandemic in a Japanese national inpatient data. The assessed outcomes were the development of pneumonia, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), and mortality during hospitalization in two periods, and those for COVID-19-positive patients.

Results

A total of 284,922 proximal femur fractures aged o

SUBMITTER: Tanaka H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12620312 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature