Impact of surgical complications on length of stay after hip fracture surgery

Nicolai Bang Foss; Henrik Palm; Michael Krasheninnikoff; Henrik Kehlet; Peter Henrik Gebuhr

doi:10.1016/j.injury.2006.08.028

Impact of surgical complications on length of stay after hip fracture surgery

Nicolai Bang Foss, Henrik Palm, Michael Krasheninnikoff, Henrik Kehlet, Peter Henrik Gebuhr

Department of Clinical Medicine

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Rehabilitation after hip fracture may be lengthy, with bed-day consumption accounting for up to 85% of the total cost of admission to hospital. Data suggest that surgical complications requiring reoperation may lead to an excessively long in-patient stays. However, the overall impact of surgical complications has not been examined in detail. METHODS: All 600 consecutive patients included were admitted with primary hip fracture and received primary surgical intervention with multimodal rehabilitation. Surgical complications were audited and classified as being due to a patient fall, infection or suboptimal surgery, stratified into either requiring reoperation or not allowing mobilisation because of instability. RESULTS: Of the 600, 116 (19.3, 95% CI 16-22%) patients underwent reoperation or immobilisation; 27.1% of bed-day consumption resulted from surgical complications. The audit showed that 64 complications (55%) were due to suboptimal surgery, 18 (16%) to infection, 6 (5%) to falls and 28 (24%) to no obvious cause. CONCLUSION: Surgical complications secondary to primary hip fracture surgery account for 27.1% of total hospital bed consumption within 6 months. Approximately, 50% of these hospital days might be spared by optimal surgery.

Original language	English
Journal	Injury
Volume	38
Issue number	7
Pages (from-to)	780-4
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0020-1383
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2006.08.028
Publication status	Published - 2006

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Impact of surgical complications on length of stay after hip fracture surgery

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