Factors associated with mortality in older patients sustaining pelvic or acetabular fractures.
dc.contributor.author | Harrison, Anna | |
dc.contributor.author | Ordas-Bayon, Alejandro | |
dc.contributor.author | Chimutengwende-Gordon, Mukai | |
dc.contributor.author | Fortune, Mary | |
dc.contributor.author | Chou, Daud | |
dc.contributor.author | Hull, Peter | |
dc.contributor.author | Carrothers, Andrew | |
dc.contributor.author | Rawal, Jaikirty | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-29T19:44:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-06-29T19:44:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-07 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2021-01-04 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0936-8051 | |
dc.identifier.other | s00402-021-03873-5 | |
dc.identifier.other | 3873 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/338477 | |
dc.description.abstract | INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to investigate potential factors, including delay to surgical stabilisation, affecting mortality in older patients sustaining pelvic or acetabular (PA) fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective review of the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN) database was performed to identify older patients (aged 65 and over) sustaining PA fractures treated surgically in a UK Major Trauma Centre (MTC) between 2015 and 2019. Chi-squared and Fisher tests were used to compare 1-year mortality rates following operative intervention between patients treated within 72 h and after 72 h. Kaplan-Meier curves were used to visualise survival probability; significant predictors of survival were found using Cox proportional hazard models. RESULTS: Of 564 older patients with PA fractures, 70 met the inclusion criteria. The mean age was 76.1 years. The overall 1-year mortality rate was 20%. When patients were grouped by time to surgery (fracture fixation within or greater than 72 h), there was no statistically significant difference in 1-year mortality. Patients whose surgery was delayed more than 72 h were more likely to have longer hospital stays (p = 0.002) or to have suffered from polytrauma (p = 0.025). Age, Charlson Co-morbidities Index (CCI) and pre-op mobility status were associated with statistically significant differences in overall mortality. The same factors were associated with a significantly increased hazard of death in the multivariate Cox proportional hazards model. Patient gender, mechanism of injury, Injury Severity Score (ISS) > 15 and head injury were not significant predictors of mortality. CONCLUSION: Surgical intervention within 72 h of injury did not result in decreased mortality in older patients with PA fractures. The 1-year mortality rate between older PA fractures and hip fractures was comparable. Consideration should be given to a combined multidisciplinary approach between orthogeriatric and expert PA surgeons for these patients. | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC | |
dc.subject | Trauma Surgery | |
dc.subject | Acetabular fracture | |
dc.subject | Pelvic fracture | |
dc.subject | Geriatric trauma | |
dc.subject | Mortality | |
dc.title | Factors associated with mortality in older patients sustaining pelvic or acetabular fractures. | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-06-29T19:44:21Z | |
prism.endingPage | 1556 | |
prism.issueIdentifier | 7 | |
prism.publicationName | Arch Orthop Trauma Surg | |
prism.startingPage | 1547 | |
prism.volume | 142 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.17863/CAM.85890 | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2021-03-23 | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1007/s00402-021-03873-5 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.contributor.orcid | Harrison, Anna [0000-0002-5569-8958] | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1434-3916 | |
cam.issuedOnline | 2021-04-03 |
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