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01.02.2012 | Original Article
Hip fracture surgery and performance indicators: an analysis of 941 patients operated in a large teaching hospital
Erschienen in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery | Ausgabe 1/2012
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Background
In the Netherlands, two performance indicators for the treatment of hip fracture patients have been recently implemented. Both indicators state that surgery within 24 h after admission improves the outcome with regard to 1-year mortality and the amount of re-operations within 1 year. To determine the value of these performance indicators, we conducted a retrospective analysis of 941 hip fracture patients.
Methods
In the period from January 2003 to December 2006, a total of 941 consecutive hip fracture patients were included in this study. We determined the amount of re-operations and the mortality at 1 year after surgery. From June 2005 to December 2006, we could determine whether patients were operated on within 24 h after admission. In this group of 379 patients, we determined if there were differences in the 1-year mortality and the number of re-operations at 1 year with regard to the time window in which these patients were operated on (<24 h or >24 h).
Results
Our overall mortality rate at 1 year is 21% (202 patients) and the amount of re-operations within 1 year is 8% (77 procedures). In our subgroup analysis, we found no significant difference in mortality or re-operations if patients were operated on within 24 h or not (number needed to treat of 59 and −31, respectively).
Conclusion
We conclude that hip fracture surgery within 24 h does not provide significantly better results in terms of 1-year mortality and the amount of re-operations within 1 year.