Reasons for Surgical Delay in HIP Fracture: What Can We Do From the Emergency Room?
Magali González-Colaço Harmand, Alicia Tejera Concepción, Noemi Elizabeth Alonso Morell, Manuel Enrique Fuentes Ferrer · 2026
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Description
Hip surgery delayed by days can cost older patients health and even life. Magali Gonzalez-Colaco Harmand and three co-authors ask what holds surgery back, starting in the emergency room. Their 2026 study looks back at 182 patients aged sixty-five and older at a large hospital in Spain, treated in the first half of 2023.
The median wait for surgery was four days, and only 41.8 percent had surgery within seventy-two hours. The most common bar was arrival on a weekend or holiday, seen in 90.6 percent of delayed cases. Other bars were a lack of theatre space, severe kidney failure, and severe infection. The team also weighs how delay links to deaths and to longer stays, to guide fixes at the front door.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Magali González-Colaço Harmand, Alicia Tejera Concepción, Noemi Elizabeth Alonso Morell, Manuel Enrique Fuentes Ferrer |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |