Early versus delayed surgery for hip fragility fractures in patients treated with direct oral anticoagulants.

Raphael KrespiItay AshkenaziOr ShakedJonathan KleczewskiTomer Ben-TovEly SteinbergAmal Khoury

Published in: Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery (2021)

Early surgery did not increase perioperative blood loss. Delayed surgery ≥ 48 h of patients receiving DOAC who underwent surgery for hip fragility fractures showed a trend towards increased 30 day and 90 day mortality.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
direct oral anticoagulants
surgical site infection
venous thromboembolism
atrial fibrillation
patients undergoing
coronary artery disease