PMS4 - 180-Day Mortality and Its Predictors In Men With Contralateral Hip Fracture After Femoral Neck Fracture

Abstract

There is a high mortality with not well understood risk factors after the contralateral hip fracture. The aim of the study was to analyse the 180-day mortality and its risk factors in men with contralateral hip fracture. Men aged 60 years and over treated with primary femoral neck fractures in the year 2000 and suffered from contralateral hip fractures between 01 January 2000 and 31 December 2008 were selected from the database of the Hungarian National Health Insurance Fund. Risk factors as age, comorbidities, type of fracture and surgery, surgical complications, day of hospital admission were analyzed by multinominal logistic and Cox regression analysis (p<0.05). Statistical tests were performed using the SPSS version 19.0. 49 men met the criteria with 38.80% mortality rate at 180 day respectively. Logistic regression analysis showed significantly higher risk for mortality in men with higher age (OR: 1.169) at 180 day. Cox regression identified higher age (HR: 1.087) and location of contralateral hip fracture (other fracture vs. femoral neck fracture HR: 9.214) as risk factor for 180-day mortality in men. Older age and location of fracture proved to be risk factors for 180-day mortality after contralateral hip fracture in men over 60 years. There is a need to develop an efficacious prevention strategy for the reduction of the mortality after the contralateral hip fractures.