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- The incidence of geriatric trauma, particularly hip fractures, is increasing significantly as the older population expands, with 1.5 million cases worldwide each year.
- The unique fracture patterns in older adults pose challenges for surgeons and have major economic implications for the healthcare system.
- Recent strategies aim to enhance care at all stages—from improving preoperative assessment and intraoperative techniques to focusing on postoperative prevention and collaborative care models to reduce mortality and hospital stay duration.
Article Abstract
Geriatric trauma continues to rise, corresponding with the continuing growth of the older population. These fractures continue to expand, demonstrated by the incidence of hip fractures having grown to 1.5 million adults worldwide per year. This patient population and their associated fracture patterns present unique challenges to the surgeon, as well as having a profound economic impact on the health care system. Pharmacologic treatment has focused on prevention, with aging adults having impaired fracture healing in addition to diminished bone mineral density. Intraoperatively, novel ideas to assess fracture reduction to facilitate decreased fracture collapse have recently been explored. Postoperatively, pharmacologic avenues have focused on future fracture prevention, while shared care models between geriatrics and orthopaedics have shown promise regarding decreasing mortality and length of stay. As geriatric trauma continues to grow, it is imperative that we look to optimize all phases of care, from preoperative to postoperative.
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