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Place of residence before and place of discharge after femoral neck fracture surgery are associated with mortality: A study of 1238 patients with at least three years' follow-up.
Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Surgery & Research : OTSR 2021 Februrary 28
BACKGROUND: Femoral neck fractures constitute a major public health challenge. The risk of death after surgery depends chiefly on the patient's general health and comorbidities. No studies assessing place of residence are available. The objectives of this study were to determine whether mortality differed according to the patient's previous place of residence and to the place of discharge, and to describe the complications occurring after femoral neck fracture surgery.
HYPOTHESIS: After femoral neck fracture surgery, the place of discharge is associated with the risk of death, and the complication rate is high.
METHODS: This single-centre retrospective study included 1241 adults who sustained a true femoral neck fracture between 2006 and 2016 and were followed up for at least 3 years. The following data were collected: age at the time of the fracture, sex, hospital stay length, place of residence before and after the fracture, characteristics of the fracture, type of treatment, time from the fracture to surgery, and whether anticoagulant therapy was given. We then recorded data on mortality and complications.
RESULTS: The 3-year mortality rate was 36.0±1.4% (95%CI, 33.3-38.7). Place of residence before the fracture was strongly associated with mortality: the risk of death was higher in patients who lived in care homes (hazard ratio [HR], 2.18) or were hospitalised (HR, 1.78) and lower in patients who lived at home (HR, 0.46). The risk of death was also higher in patients discharged to care homes (HR, 1.82) or to hospitals (HR, 1.90) and lower in patients discharged home (HR, 0.30). All these differences were statistically significant (p<0.0001).
CONCLUSION: Place of residence and likely place of discharge should be evaluated as soon as the patient is admitted to the emergency department, in order to provide the best information possible to the patient and family and to establish the most appropriate treatment strategy. Patient self-sufficiency is a major parameter that should be preserved to the extent possible.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV.
HYPOTHESIS: After femoral neck fracture surgery, the place of discharge is associated with the risk of death, and the complication rate is high.
METHODS: This single-centre retrospective study included 1241 adults who sustained a true femoral neck fracture between 2006 and 2016 and were followed up for at least 3 years. The following data were collected: age at the time of the fracture, sex, hospital stay length, place of residence before and after the fracture, characteristics of the fracture, type of treatment, time from the fracture to surgery, and whether anticoagulant therapy was given. We then recorded data on mortality and complications.
RESULTS: The 3-year mortality rate was 36.0±1.4% (95%CI, 33.3-38.7). Place of residence before the fracture was strongly associated with mortality: the risk of death was higher in patients who lived in care homes (hazard ratio [HR], 2.18) or were hospitalised (HR, 1.78) and lower in patients who lived at home (HR, 0.46). The risk of death was also higher in patients discharged to care homes (HR, 1.82) or to hospitals (HR, 1.90) and lower in patients discharged home (HR, 0.30). All these differences were statistically significant (p<0.0001).
CONCLUSION: Place of residence and likely place of discharge should be evaluated as soon as the patient is admitted to the emergency department, in order to provide the best information possible to the patient and family and to establish the most appropriate treatment strategy. Patient self-sufficiency is a major parameter that should be preserved to the extent possible.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV.
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