In-hospital waiting time to surgery and functional outcomes in geriatric hip fractures: a directed acyclic graph-based pre-planned analysis from a prospective multicenter cohort study.

Qianying CaiKai FuWeitao JiaXiaolin Li Haiyan HeZhenjun YaoXiaodong ChenYuqi DongQiugen WangBin KangBiyun QianShengbao ChenChangqing Zhang

Published in: International journal of surgery (London, England) (2023)

The associations between in-hospital waiting time and postoperative functional score suggest that delayed surgery can lead to poor functional outcomes, especially in patients waiting longer than 72 hours from injury. Delayed surgery mainly impacting hip function and mobility recovery with a slower speed in early recovery of the first three months. More attentions should be paid to mechanisms behind the associations between delayed surgery on general healthy status.

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