Treatment of hip fractures in elderly patients
WANG Ai-min
DU Quan-yin
Abstract：Femoral neck and /or intertrochanteric hip fractures in the elderly are frequent .Osteosynthesis should normally be reserved for undisplaced fractures and fractures in the patients younger than 65 years.Patients over 65 years old with displaced femoral neck fractures should be treated with arthroplasty ,usually hemiarthroplasty . Internal fixation is the treatment of choice for intertrochanteric hip fractures .Total hip arthroplasty seems to be more reliable for special patients or salvage procedure for failed intertrochanteric fracture fixation .Damage control ortho-paedics is benificial for the treatment of elderly patients with hip fractures .
Keywords：hip fracturesintertrochantericfemoral neckdamage controlelderly
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 481-483 )