The Safety of Anesthesia Management for Traumatic Hip Surgery in Elderly

University of Jordan

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hip Fractures

Treatments: Procedure: Hip fracture surgery and anesthesia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02692989

268/14a/tk

Details and patient eligibility

About

Trauma for hip joint is common in old people. Anesthesia in these types of old patients carries more risk than the adult population.

In this study the investigators will review patient's records that underwent surgery for hip trauma under anesthesia, and to see if type of anesthesia affects patient's outcome and the rate of postoperative complications.

Full description

Trauma for hip joint is common in old people; usually trauma for the hip joint is treated surgically under anesthesia. Anesthesia in these types of old patients carries more risk than the adult population, since these type of patients have a lot of chronic diseases which affect their general health.

In this study the investigators will review patient's records that underwent surgery for hip trauma under anesthesia between the years 2010 to 2015, and to see if type of anesthesia affects patient's outcome and the rate of postoperative complications like Deep Venous Thrombosis, Pulmonary complications, myocardial Infarction and others.

Enrollment: 1,270 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients who sustained hip fracture.
• patients who underwent surgical correction under Regional or general anesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who sustained Hip fractures but treated conservatively.