People living with dementia who had hip fractures treated with surgery lived longer than those who didn’t have surgery, a new study finds. Choosing to undergo surgery can be a complicated decision for ...

It turns out there’s an optimal time for doctors to begin surgically repairing a hip fracture in people on blood thinners or anticoagulants. It’s about the 20-hour mark after the fracture occurs, ...

Older patients, in particular, have better outcomes with the surgery.

The University of Southern California has been approved for $10.8 million in research funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to compare approaches to treating older adults ...

When anesthesiologists lead the preoperative process, patients undergoing surgery for hip fractures - one of the leading causes of hospitalization in older adults - get to the operating room (OR) ...

The decision to undergo surgery can be complicated for people living with dementia, not only due to limited decision-making capabilities, but also because participation in rehabilitation afterward is ...

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Bipolar hemiarthroplasty (BHA) is a surgical treatment for femoral neck fractures of the hip. An artificial joint with two bearings replaces the damaged joint. The bearings allow the head to swivel ...

Lucknow: Doctors at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) performed a complex hip fracture surgery ...

Background The high mortality of hip fracture patients is well documented, but sex- and cause-specific mortality after hip fracture has not been extensively studied. The purpose of the present study ...