Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: Hip fractures are very common among elders. The number of elderly aged 65 years or above was 27.44 million in 2010, occupying 21.5% of the total population. The present study was conducted to assess the characteristic of hip fractures in different age groups. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted on 260 patients of both gender with hip fractures. Patients were divided into four age groups. Group I, group II, group III, group IV and group V. Characteristics such as the performance status at admission as well as functional and survival outcome at discharge were investigated and compared. Results: Out of 260 patients, males were 140 and females were 120. The difference was non- significant (P- 0.51). Age group I (65- 74 years) had 40 patients, group II (75-84 years) had 102 patients, group III (85-94 years) had 108 patients and group IV (>95 years) had 10 patients. The difference was significant (P- 0.01). Ambulatory prior to fracture, femoral neck fracture, dementia, anemia, abnormal electrolyte, lung function and abnormal ECG was statistical significant in all groups. The number of operative treatment in group I was 34, in group II was 95, in group III was 98, in group IV was 8. The difference was significant (P- 0.01). Duration between admission and discharge was 72.3 ± 40.2 days, 62.1 ±30.4 days, 65.6 ±43.2 days and 49.1 ±46.4 days in group I, group II, group III and group IV respectively. The difference was non- significant (P- 0.07). Number of deaths was 0, 1, 6 and 1 in group I, group II, group III and group IV respectively. The difference was significant (P- 0.05). Conclusion: Hip fractures are common among old people. The incidence of fracture is increasing significantly. Anemia and dementia are characteristic features in patients with hip fracture.
Key words: Anemia, Elders, Hip fractures.

Corresponding Author: Dr. Parijat Gupta, Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Mayo Institute of Medical Sciences Gadia Barabanki, U.P., India

This article may be cited as: Gupta P. Comparison of Characteristic of Hip Bone Fracture among Different Age Groups- A Clinical Study. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2017;5(12):111-114.