The effect of COVID-19 positivity on inflammatory parameters and thirty day mortality rates in patients over sixty five years of age with surgically treated intertrochanteric fractures.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of COVID-19 positivity on inflammatory parameters and 30-day mortality rates in patients over 65 years of age who were operated on for intertrochanteric femur fractures (IFF).

Methods: Eighty-seven patients (31 males, 56 females) who had a dynamic hip screw (DHS) or proximal femur nail (PFN) for the IFF between March 2020 and November 2020 were included in the study. The patients were divided into two groups as COVID-19 confirmed and probable positive (Group 1) and COVID-19 negative (Group 2).