When anesthesiologists lead the preoperative process, patients undergoing surgery for hip fractures—one of the leading causes of hospitalization in older adults—get to the operating room (OR) faster ...

Persistent hip pain can gradually transform everyday activities into challenges. Walking through a shopping mall, climbing ...

People living with dementia who had hip fractures treated with surgery lived longer than those who didn’t have surgery, a new study finds. Choosing to undergo surgery can be a complicated decision for ...

Lucknow: Doctors at SGPGIMS successfully performed a complex hip fracture surgery on an elderly patient who had undergone placement of two drug-eluting coronary stents just two months earlier ...

Among adults who underwent surgery for hip fracture, neuraxial anesthesia was associated with reduced odds of death and major complications in patients aged 87 years or older with intermediate/high ...

Older adults undergoing hip fracture surgery experience similar incidences of cognitive decline whether they recieve regional or general anesthesia, with no significant difference in depression, ...

A hip fracture may require hip-replacement surgery for the best outcome, particularly in older patients. Cleveland Clinic Q. Last week, my 81-year-old mother fell breaking her right hip. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Increased time from the ED to the OR was associated with an increased mortality rate. Increased delays to the OR ...

When an adult sees a doctor and complains about persistent hip pain, the assumption is often wear-and-tear-related ...

The University of Southern California has been approved for $10.8 million in research funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to compare approaches to treating older adults ...

Advances in robotics, minimally invasive procedures, sports medicine, joint preservation and fracture care are reshaping orthopedic surgery. Across the country, a new generation of orthopedic surgeons ...