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Delay to surgery does not affect survival following osteoporotic femoral fractures
Kit Brogan1, Harold Akehurst2, Elizabeth Bond3
1Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Rd, Brighton BN2 5BE, UK.
Aims:
Fragility femoral fractures occur in a similar group of patients to hip fractures but they are not routinely managed along standardised guidelines. This study looked specifically at whether delay to surgery has an impact on mortality and morbidity.
Patients And Methods:
An international, multi-centre retrospective review was carried including all patients over 60 years with fragility femoral fractures, including most periprosthetic fractures, between December 2008-2014.
Results:
243 patients met the inclusion criteria with mean follow-up 25 months. 197 (81%) were female with mean age 81 years. Median time to surgery was 2 days; 39% were operated on <24h, 23% 24-48h, and 37% at >48h. 3- and 12-month mortality were 14% (95% CI: 9-18%) and 26% (20-31%) respectively. On Kaplan-Meier plotting, relationships were apparent between survival and sex, and ASA grade, but not delay to surgery or fracture type.
Conclusion:
Fragility femoral fractures have equivalent mortality to hip fractures but we found no link between delay to surgery and mortality. We believe it is safe to delay surgery, within reason, whilst their acute and chronic medical problems are optimised. We believe this information will help develop guidelines similar to hip fracture pathways.
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