The global burden of geriatric hip fractures is enormous. From both the patient's and physician's perspective, the injury is complex. A hip fracture often changes a patient's life and/or the life of the patient's family permanently. From the physician's perspective, care of geriatric hip fracture patients requires a multidisciplinary team,

Purposeuff1aWe report the results of the multidisciplinary treatment approach for geriatric hip fractures and evaluate its effectiveness.Methodsuff1aThe multidisciplinary treatment approach has been applied in our hospital since 2014. Elderly patients who were admitted to the Orthopedic department with fragility hip fractures were included in the integrated pathway. 597 hip fracture

HIP FRACTURE SURGERY FOR GERIATRIC POPULATION-ONE YEAR BOSNIAN UNIVERSITY CENTER EXPIRIANCEBackground and Goal of Study: Hip fractures is one of the most common injury in geriatric population. These elderly population often have many other medical problems associated with ageing, which places them at high risk of mortality after anesthesia. Annualy

This volume addresses the issues, complications and treatments that face hip specialists and general orthopaedic surgeons in both the surgical and non-surgical treatment of hip fractures. Over 500 photographs and drawings explain the various types of hip fractures. In addition, this book covers epidemiology and mechanisms of injury, diagnosis, treatment

Fractures in the Elderly: A Guide to Practical Management provides geriatricians and other medical specialists who provide care for older adults with the vital guidance and most current data and opinions regarding the treatment of elderly patients who sustain a variety of fractures. It also provides orthopedic surgeons with the