Open AccessIs Delayed Time to Surgery Associated with Increased Short-term Complications in Patients with Pathologic Hip Fractures?
Author(s) -
Nathan H. Varady,
Bishoy T. Ameen,
Antonia F. Chen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000001038
Subject(s) - medicine , current procedural terminology , surgery , intramedullary rod , medical record , complication , orthopedic surgery , hip fracture , femoral neck , retrospective cohort study , femur , osteoporosis
Delayed time to surgery of at least 2 days after hospital arrival is well known to be associated with increased complications after standard hip fracture surgery; whether this association is present for pathologic hip fractures, however, is unknown.