Background Existing literature demonstrating the negative impact of delayed hip fracture
surgery on mortality consists largely of observational studies prone to selection bias and …

Purpose Controversy remains around acceptable surgical delay of acute hip fractures with
current guidelines ranging from 24 to 48 h. Increasing healthcare costs force us to consider …

Introduction Delays to surgery after hip fracture have been associated with mortality
Uncertainty remains as to what timing benchmark should be utilized as a marker of quality of …

Objectives: To evaluate the association between the timing of hip fracture surgery with
postoperative length of stay and outcomes. Design: Retrospective review using the …

Background To assess the relationship between surgical delay and mortality in elderly
patients with hip fracture. Systematic review and meta-analysis of retrospective and …

Purpose To analyze prospectively the influence of the timing of surgery on morbidity and
mortality, and to assess whether the early surgery within 2 days admission may be a reliably …

Hip fractures are associated with a high rate of mortality and profound temporary and
sometimes permanent impairment of quality of life. Current guidelines indicate that surgeons …

Background: Waiting for hip fracture surgery is associated with complications. The objective
of this study was to determine whether waiting for hip fracture surgery is associated with …

Objective To estimate the impact of delays in surgery for hip fracture on short-and long-term
outcomes. Design Analysis of inpatient hospital data integrated with national health plan …

Background: Guidelines exist for the surgical treatment of hip fracture, but the effect of early
surgery on mortality and other outcomes that are important for patients remains unclear. We …