[Perioperative treatment of hip fracture. An update]

Surgery for hip fracture represents a major challenge due to high postoperative morbidity and need for postoperative rehabilitation. Recent literature documents the need for increased use of regional anaesthesia, early surgery, fluid management to optimise preoperative haemodynamic function and avoidance of postoperative fluid excess, early oral nutrition and postoperative opioid-sparing multimodal analgesia. The future strategy should include combined use of all treatment modalities within the context of "fast-track rehabilitation".