Clinical effects of surgical delay in older patients with intertrochanteric fractures: analysis from the National Inpatient Sample Database
Zhijie Pan, Jia Chen, Yuning Lin, Haitang Deng, Wenjie Feng, Qingfeng Shao, Kai Zou, Yang Zhang · 2026
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Zhijie Pan and colleagues weigh the cost of waiting for hip fracture surgery in older patients in this 2026 study. The breaks at issue sit between the neck and shaft of the thigh bone and are usually fixed with screws and plates. Working from a United States hospital database covering 2002 to 2014, the team sorted more than 228,000 patients by wait time. The wait groups were within a day, one to two days, or three to seven days.
Waits brought longer stays, higher bills, and more complications after surgery. A short delay of a day or two showed no clear link with death in hospital once other factors were counted. A longer delay, though, raised the death rate clearly. The authors urge hospitals to ready these patients fast and aim for early surgery where it is safe.
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| CREATOR | Zhijie Pan, Jia Chen, Yuning Lin, Haitang Deng, Wenjie Feng, Qingfeng Shao, Kai Zou, Yang Zhang |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38233 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |