Hip Fractures in Elderly People: Surgery or No Surgery? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Increasing numbers of patients with hip fractures also have advanced comorbidities. A majority are treated surgically. However, a significantly increasing percentage of medically unfit patients with unacceptably high risk of perioperative death are treated nonoperatively. Important questions about patients' prefracture quality of life (QOL) and future perspectives should be asked before considering different treatment options to assess what kind of treatment is advisable in frail elderly high-risk patients with a hip fracture.

Objective

The aim of this review was to provide an overview of differences in mortality, health-related QOL [(HR)QOL], functional outcome, and costs between nonoperative management (NOM) and operative management (OM) of hip fractures in pa

SUBMITTER: van de Ree CLP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5557195 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature