Effect of surgical fixation timing on in-hospital mortality and morbidity of distal femur fractures
Fixation of distal femur fractures before 48 h from presentation may lead to improved mortality and morbidity in older, lower injury severity patients. No significant mortality benefit was observed in younger, polytrauma fractures. Further prospective work is needed to validate these findings.
Authors
- Dustin Stwalley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6427-0590)
- Anna N. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7056-8502)
- Joseph Gutbrod
Institutions
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Injury
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2024.111927
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.86
Funders
- Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences
- Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance
- National Institutes of Health
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences