Volume 24, Issue 103, May - June, 2020

Evaluation of one-year survival of patients over 80 years with proximal femoral fractures

Alireza Manafi Rasi¹, Gholamhossein Kazemian¹, Pegah Pourmandian², Hasan Barati¹, Farzad Amuzade Omrani¹, Mohammad Mahdi Omidian³, Mojtaba Baroutkoub^4♦

¹Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
²School of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
³Department of Orthopedic, School of Medicine, Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
⁴Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Kowsar Hospital, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Kowsar Hospital, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran; Email: dr_baroutkoub@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Femur injuries and fractures annually kill many elderly. The present study aimed to evaluate the one-year survival of patients with proximal femur fractures from 2012 to 2018 in Semnan. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was performed on 134 patients with proximal femur fracture. Patients were first studied for their one-year survival and then the results were statistically evaluated. Results: The study showed that 69 and 65 patients were male and female with mean age of 85 years, respectively. 36.7% of those who underwent surgery survived more than one year and 63.3% died within one year. Also, 80% of those who did not undergo surgery survived more than one year. Mortality rate was significantly higher in those who had not surgery (p = 0.01). Conclusion: The results of this study showed that surgery has a direct relationship with their one-year survival and attention to factors such as the correct time of surgery is very important in the survival of the elderly.

Keywords: Injury, Femoral Fractures, Elderly, Surgery, Survival Rate

Medical Science, 2020, 24(103), 1634-1640

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