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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY SURGERY
Volume 48, Issue 2, Pages 753-761Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-022-01953-8
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Geriatric trauma; Proximal femur fracture; Risk factors; Complications
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This review focuses on patient-specific risk factors and their impact on complications and outcomes in patients with proximal femur fractures (PFFs). The results indicate that patient and treatment-related factors have a significant impact on patient outcomes, including increased risk of mortality, impaired functional rehabilitation, and complicating courses.
Background Proximal femur fractures (PFFs) occur frequently among geriatric patients due to diverse risk factors, such as a lower bone mineral density and the increased risk of falls. Methods In this review, we focus on recent literature of patient-specific risk factors and their impact on common complications and outcome parameters in patients with PFF. Results Patient- and treatment related factors have a significant impact on outcome and are associated with an increased risk of mortality, impairments in functional rehabilitation and complicative courses. Conclusion Geriatric patients at high risk for complications are nursing home inhabitants suffering from severe osteoporosis, dementia and sarcopenia. The early and ongoing assessment for these individual risk factors is crucial. Strategies including interdisciplinary approaches, addressing comorbidities and facilitating an optimal risk factor evaluation result in a beneficial outcome. The ongoing ambulant assessment and therapy of complicating factors (e.g., malnutrition, sarcopenia, frailty or osteoporosis) have to be improved.
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