Avoidable and unavoidable delays in hip fracture surgery
Most hip fracture surgery delays are due to limited operating theatre availability. Of the delays, 78% were considered avoidable, representing a margin for improvement of 55% for operating theatre availability, and 23% unrelated to operating theatre availability.
Authors
- Nicholas J. Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6724-3563)
- Seth M. Tarrant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1404-9983)
- Zsolt J. Balogh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0277-4822)
- Cameron Hemmert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3824-9138)
- Natasha Weaver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9640-1647)
- E. Epstein
- Mitchell Sarkies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7318-3598)
- Ramya Kunnath
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- John Hunter Hospital (AU)
- Hunter Medical Research Institute (AU)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bone & Joint Open
- Published
- 2025-08-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.68.bjo-2025-0083.r1
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.02
Funders
- Hunter New England Local Health District
- Hunter Medical Research Institute
- National Health and Medical Research Council