Patients aged ninety years and older are exposed to increased risk of one-year mortality after hip fractures.

Background: The increase in the population over 90 years old suggests an expected surge in the number of extreme elderly patients sustaining hip fractures.

Objective: The aim of this study is to identify factors associated with 1-year mortality and determine the conditions that are associated with an unfavorable survival outcome in nonagenarians.

Design: Cross-sectional study SUBJECTS: Nonagenarian patients presenting with hip fractures between 2013 and 2018.

Diagnostic imaging concordance study: Are traction radiographs necessary in a hip fracture?

Introduction: Hip fractures are a pathology that have emerged as a major subject over the years, due to increased prevalence and the multiple surgical treatments involved. The characterization and classification of the lesion is essential for proper surgical planning, with anteroposterior (AP), lateral and traction radiograph of the hip, paramount for decision-making.

Patients And Methods: This is a retrospective concordance study of 64 patients with hip fracture who consulted the hospital between January and July 2017.

Pre-operative factors associated with increased mortality in elderly patients with a hip fracture: A cohort study in a developing country.

Background: Hip fractures are a public health problem worldwide, and several factors are involved with post-operative mortality. The aim of this study was to identify the pre-operative factors associated with increased mortality in elderly patients with hip fractures in a developing country during the first post-operative year.

Methods: An ambidirectional cohort study was conducted with patients ≥ 65 years of age who underwent hip surgery due to a hip fracture caused by a fall from a standing position.

Clinical implications of impingement of the anterior femoral cortex after cephalomedullary nailing.

Background: Cortical impingement is a common complication after cephalomedullary nailing, but the evidence about its consequences is very limited. The aim of this study was to assess the clinical implications of cortical impingement on patients treated with cephalomedullary nails.

Methods: A cohort study was carried out at a Level I academic Institution with consecutive patients treated with cephalomedullary nails during 2010 and 2013.

Cephalomedullary nails: factors associated with impingement of the anterior cortex of the femur in a Hispanic population.

Introduction: Impingement and penetration of the anterior cortex of the femur have been reported as complications after cephalomedullary nailing. The purpose of this study was to determine factors related to nail impingement in our population of Hispanic patients.

Materials And Methods: A non-matched case-control study was carried out and 156 patients who underwent cephalomedullary nailing from 2010 and 2013 were included; 78 cases with anterior cortical impingement and 78 control cases without impingement were documented.