Geriatric Trauma
An 82-year-old woman with controlled hypertension and type 2 diabetes presents after a fall at home. She has left hip pain and inability to weight bear. Radiographs show a displaced intracapsular femoral neck fracture (Garden IV). She was previously independent in activities of daily living and mobile with a walking stick. She is cognitively intact. Regarding hip fracture management in the elderly:
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Hip fractures represent a major public health burden with approximately 25,000 cases annually in Aus...
Femoral neck fractures are classified as intracapsular; the Garden classification grades displacemen...
Surgery can be safely delayed for weeks without affecting outcomes; fixation is the treatment of cho...
For displaced intracapsular fractures in active, cognitively intact elderly patients, total hip arth...
Intertrochanteric fractures are extracapsular and are treated with fixation (sliding hip screw for s...
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