Good clinical outcome for the majority of younger patients with hip fractures: a Swedish nationwide study on 905 patients younger than 50 years of age.

ABSTRACT: Background and purpose - Studies regarding hip fractures in young patients are rare since the patient population is small. We assessed clinical outcomes 4 months after hip fracture in patients < 50 years of age and whether there were differences between sexes and different age groups.Patients and methods - We included adult patients < 50 years with a hip fracture between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2018. Baseline data were extracted from the Swedish Registry for Hip Fracture Patients and Treatment (RIKSHÖFT) and mortality data was obtained from Statistics Sweden. The outcome variables were change of walking ability, pain in fractured hip, use of analgesics, living conditions, and mortality rate at 4 months.Results - Of the 905 patients included, 72% were men and femoral neck fractures

SUBMITTER: Thoors O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8231413 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature