Clinical analysis of elderly patients with osteoporotic hip fractures

VernacularTitle:60岁及以上骨质疏松性股骨骨折患者448例临床分析
Author: Zheng XI ; Zhu MIN ; Zhang YU
Keywords: Osteoporosis fractures; Hip fracture; Elderly
From: Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2017;16(8):618-620
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Clinical data of 448 patients aged ≥60 years with osteoporotic hip fractures admitted in Shanghai Huashan Hospital between January 2010 and December 2014 were retrospectively analyzed.Among 448 cases,there were 143 males and 305 females;196 cases aged 80-89 years (43.8％) and 137 cases aged 70-79 years (30.6％);304 cases of femoral neck fracture (67.9％) and 144 cases of intertrochanteric femoral fracture (32.1％);the fractures caused by fall in 328 cases (73.2％) and comorbidity with hypertension and diabetes mellitus in 415 cases (92.6％).Two hundred and sixty eight patients were followed up for 2 years,among whom re-fractures occurred in 17 cases.The study indicates that health education is important for prevention of osteoporotic fractures in elderly people.