Mortality, perioperative complications and surgical timelines in hip fracture patients: Comparison of the Spanish with the non-Spanish Cohort of the HIP ATTACK-1 trial.

Background: Hip fractures carry a substantial risk of complications and death. This study aimed to report the 90-day incidence of mortality, major perioperative complications and in-hospital timelines after a hip fracture in the Spanish HIP ATTACK-1 trial cohort, comparing with the non-Spanish cohort.

Methods: Prospective cohort study of Spanish patients nested in the HIP ATTACK-1 trial.

Predictors of outcomes after internal fixation of periprosthetic femoral hip fractures Subgroup analysis of the peri-implant and peri-prosthetic fractures Spanish registry (PIPPAS).

Purpose: To identify risk factors predisposing patients to poor outcomes after fixation of periprosthetic hip fractures around femoral stems.

Methods: Prospective multicentre cohort study of fractures around a hip replacement stem managed by internal fixation. The primary outcome was one-year mortality, while secondary outcomes were local complications and healthcare burden-related outcomes (nursing facility utilization and hospital length of stay).

Quality indicators in the treatment of geriatric hip fractures: literature review and expert consensus.

Purpose: Even though hip fracture care pathways have evolved, mortality rates have not improved during the last 20 years. This finding together with the increased frailty of hip fracture patients turned hip fractures into a major public health concern. The corresponding development of an indicator labyrinth for hip fractures and the ongoing practice variance in Europe call for a list of benchmarking indicators that allow for quality improvement initiatives for the rapid recovery of fragile hip fractures (RR-FHF).

Hip fractures in Spain: are we on the right track? Statistically significant differences in hip fracture management between Autonomous Communities in Spain.

Unlabelled: Although medicine is currently protocol-based, there are still differences in the management of the hip fracture in Spain, especially regarding surgical delay, type of anesthesia, early mobilization, and discharge destinations. This data will be of great value to assist stakeholders in formulating health policies.

Purpose: Analysis of demographic, clinical, surgical, and functional data of the Spanish National Hip Fracture National Registry (RNFC), during admission and at 1-month follow-up, by Autonomous Communities (ACs).

Relationship between skin and urine colonization and surgical site infection in the proximal femur fracture: a prospective study.

Purpose: Antibiotic prophylaxis is routinely used in the surgical management of proximal femur fractures. The role of bacterial colonization of the skin and urine in the development of deep surgical site infections (SSI) is yet to be elucidated. This study aimed to evaluate the role of previous skin and urine colonization in the development of deep SSI after a proximal femoral fracture surgery.

Newcastle approach for the treatment of supra-intercondylar fractures in children.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the functional results of open reduction using the Newcastle approach and internal fixation for complex intra-articular distal humeral fractures in children through the report of cases.

Material And Methods: A retrospective case series of patients who underwent open reduction and internal fixation surgery because of a complex intra-articular distal humeral fracture using the Newcastle approach were reviewed. Minimum follow-up was 2 years.

Prevention of postoperative bleeding in hip fractures treated with prosthetic replacement: efficacy and safety of fibrin sealant and tranexamic acid. A randomised controlled clinical trial (TRANEXFER study).

Introduction: We assessed the efficacy of fibrin sealant (FS) and tranexamic acid (TXA) administered topically in patients with a hip fracture treated with prosthetic replacement.

Materials And Methods: Parallel, multicentre, open label, randomised, clinical trial. We compared three interventions to reduce blood loss: (1) 10 ml of FS, (2) 1 g of topical TXA, both administered at the end of the surgery, and (3) usual haemostasis (control group).

Cerclage wiring and intramedullary nailing, a helpful and safe option specially in proximal fractures. A multicentric study.

Purpose: Antegrade intramedullary nailing is an alternative for humeral shaft fracture treatment. This surgical technique can be especially demanding in some fracture patterns, leading to problems like malunion and non-union. The purpose of our study is to demonstrate that the use of a nail with cerclage wires could be a safe procedure that facilitate reduction, specially in fractures with abduction of the proximal fragment.