A new study found hip fracture patients have worse outcomes compared to hip replacement patients. Researchers analyzed 700,000 hip surgery patients more than 45 years old in France between 2010 and 2013, according to News-Medical.
Here are four facts:
1. The findings indicated the worse outcomes for hip fracture patients may not necessarily be attributed to age or chronic illness. When analyzing these findings, researchers studied patient demographics including gender, age and medical condition.
2. Results showed there were more deaths among hip fracture patients. Approximately 3.4 percent of hip fracture patients died before they were discharged from the hospital as opposed to 0.18 percent of total hip replacement surgery patients.
3. Additionally, hip fracture patients had a 5.9 percent chance of major post-op complications opposed to 2.3 percent of patient undergoing elective hip replacement.
4. Yannick Le Manach, MD, lead researcher of the study, said, "The fact that the hip fracture patients were older and had more health problems does account for some of the difference in outcomes. But it may be that hip fracture is tied to other physiologic processes that aren't present in the circumstances of people going for an elective hip replacement. More research is needed."
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