Morbidity and Mortality following Surgery for Hip Fractures in Elderly Patients

Table 1

Clinical and demographic characteristics of survivors and nonsurvivors at 6 months after surgery.

Variable			Survivors		Nonsurvivors		Total		value
			N	%	N	%	N	%
Sex		Male	33	50.77	12	57.14	45	45	0.62
		Female	32	49.23	9	42.86	41	41
Occupation		Housewife	23	36.51	10	50.00	33	33	0.001
		Not working	25	39.68	10	50.00	35	35
		Working	15	23.81	0	0.00	15	15
Cigarette smoking		Nonsmoker	34	65.38	14	77.78	48	68.57	0.19
		Ex-smoker	6	11.54	3	16.67	9	12.86
		Current smoker	12	23.08	1	5.56	13	18.57
Assistive device use		None	48	78.67	10	50.00	58	71.60	0.04
		Cane	12	19.67	8	40.00	20	24.69
		Others	1	1.64	2	10.00	3	3.70
Type of fracture		Subcapital	21	35.59	8	40.00	29	36.71	0.56
		Transcervical	1	1.69	1	5.00	2	2.53
		Basicervical	4	6.78	1	5.00	5	6.33
		Intertrochanteric	24	40.68	7	35.00	31	39.34
		Subtrochanteric	9	15.25	2	10.00	11	13.92
		Periprosthetic	0	0.00	1	5.00	1	1.27
Type of repair		PFN	5	7.94	2	10.53	7	8.54	0.17
		DHS	18	28.57	4	21.05	22	26.83
		Bipolar hemiarthroplasty	22	34.92	6	31.58	28	34.15
		External fixator	0	0.00	2	10.53	2	2.44
		Thompson hemiarthroplasty	5	7.94	3	15.79	8	9.76
		ORIF	10	15.87	1	5.26	11	13.41
		Hemiarthroplasty	1	1.59	1	5.26	2	2.44
		THR	2	3.17	0	0.00	2	2.44
Past surgical history		For hip fracture	4	6.15	0	0.00	4	4.65	0.19
		For others	24	36.92	11	52.38	35	40.70
Medical history		Hypertension	30	46.15	12	57.14	42	48.84	0.38
		DM	27	41.54	12	57.14	39	45.35	0.21
		Visual impairment	21	32.31	14	66.67	35	40.70	0.006
		Osteoarthritis	19	29.23	7	33.33	26	30.23	0.72
		Falls	13	20.00	5	23.81	18	20.93	0.71
		Liver disease	9	13.85	3	14.29	12	13.95	0.96
		Stroke	8	12.31	5	23.81	13	15.12	0.22
		Urinary incontinence	7	10.77	2	9.52	9	10.47	0.87
		Kidney disease	6	9.23	2	9.52	8	9.30	0.97
		Bronchial asthma	5	7.69	0	0.00	5	5.81	0.09
		IHD	3	4.62	1	4.76	4	4.65	0.98
		COPD	3	4.62	0	0.00	3	3.49	0.19
		Osteoporosis	3	4.62	2	9.52	5	5.81	0.43
		Dementia	2	3.08	5	23.81	7	8.14	0.006

PFN = proximal femoral nail; DHS = dynamic hip screw; ORIF = open reduction internal fixation; THR = total hip replacement; DM = diabetes mellitus; IHD = ischemic heart disease; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.