Experience of a centre of excellence in hip fractures of the elderly in Colombia: influence of time-to-surgery on inpatient mortality and complications.

Purpose: To analyse the time-to-surgery of a centre of excellence in hip fractures of the elderly and its influence on inpatient mortality and postoperative complications.

Methods: A cross-sectional cohort study was conducted. The sample universe consisted of 4,364 patients admitted to a university clinic in Chía, Colombia during the year 2018 to 2023 with ICD-10 diagnoses corresponding to femur fractures.