Does the treatment of hip and proximal femur fractures within 24 h affect 1-year mortality?

Objectives: Proximal femur fractures and hip fractures in the elderly a rising challenge for orthopedic trauma surgeons all over the world. The perioperative management and operative timing of these patients differs between countries. In Germany all hip and proximal femur fractures have to be treated [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]