Hip Fracture and Surgery: Clinical Updates and Challenges
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Orthopedics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 44
Special Issue Editor
Interests: epidemiology of hip fracture; rate of antiosteoporosis medication; fracture liaison service; osteosynthesis; total hip arthroplasty; hemiarthroplasty
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hip fractures, especially in the elderly, are a cause of decreased mortality and poor morbidity, and they are still increasing all over the world. A total of 14.2 million hip fractures occur all over the world per year, and a strong, positive correlation was observed between the incidence rate and the latitude of each country. Moreover, 1-year all-cause mortality rates are considered to be around 20% within a year of the injury. Therefore, high-quality clinical research and developing evidence-based management algorithms and guidelines aiming to decrease morbidity and mortality in this patient group are required to improve the outcome of severely injured patients. Studies on epidemiological findings, on diagnostic modalities, and on treatment options for different injury patterns are likewise essential to further improving the care of patients with hip fractures.
The present Special Issue aims to highlight the importance of clinical research of further advancing the standard of care in patients with hip fractures. All clinicians and researchers involved in the care of injured patients are invited to submit their original papers or review articles, focusing on any aspect of the entire field of fragility hip fractures.
Dr. Norio Imai
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antiosteoporosis medication
- fracture liaison service
- osteosynthesis
- total hip arthroplasty
- hemiarthroplasty
