Health-related quality of life after surgery for hip fracture: a multicentric study in Mexican population.

Introduction: Hip fractures are an important cause of morbidity and mortality and one of the main causes of disability in the older population. The lifetime risk for any type of osteoporotic fracture is very high and falls within the range of 40–-50% in women and 13–-22% for men. In Mexico, the lifetime likelihood of having a hip fracture at 50 years of age is 8.