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The value of a special surgical team in preventing complications in the treatment of hip fractures

โœ Scribed by M. J. Parker; G. A. Pryor; J. W. Myles


Book ID
104658080
Publisher
Springer
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
423 KB
Volume
18
Category
Article
ISSN
0341-2695

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โœฆ Synopsis


The incidence of the major complications of operation have been studied prospectively in 1,722 patients with a proximal femoral fracture treated by either insertion of a hemiarthroplasty, internal fixation with a Dynamic Hip Screw (DHS) or multiple parallel screws. Major complications occurred in 8.0%. A special surgical "Hip Fracture Team" reduced the incidence of major complications from 12.5% to 5.0%. The most significant benefit from employment of the special team was in reducing the incidence of wound sepsis and of failure of fixation following the operative management of displaced intracapsular and extracapsular fractures. Assigning hip fracture surgery to designated personel will result in a significant reduction in morbidity.

R~sum& On a dtudi6 de fafon prospective la fr~quence des complications chirurgicales majeures sur une sirie de 1722 patients atteints de fracture de l'extrdmitd supirieure du fdmur, traitis soit par hdmi-arthroplastie, soit par ostdosynth2se avec une Dynamic Hip Screw (DHS) ou avec plusieurs vis parallbles. La frdquence totale des complications majeures ~tait de 8%. Elle a dt~ rdduite de 12.5% it 5% grgtce au recours it une dquipe chirurgicale spicialisie. Le b~n~fice le plus significatif obtenu par ce personnel spicialis~ a dti la riduction du nombre d'infections postopdratoires ainsi que celui des dchecs de la fixation interne dans les fractures intra-ou extracapsulaires avec ddplacement. En confiant it une


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