Hip fractures in the young polytrauma patient: a review and the latest data from the UK.

Grant, Michael; Mehdian-Staffell, Roshana; Webb, Mark; Scott, Sharon · Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol · 2021

review · Level V

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Abstract

Managing a hip fracture in a young adult patient in the setting of polytrauma is a particularly challenging prospect. In the UK between 2018 and 2020, 11,969 patients were recorded in the Trauma Audit and Research Network as a patient with polytrauma. Of these patients, 611 (5.1%) had a hip fracture. In this article, we discuss the initial assessment and management of these patients and common problems that are encountered and how the evidence available can help guide management.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy