title: Fractured proximal end of the femur in the elderly--a medico-social study.
abstract: 278 geriatric patients with fractured proximal end of the femur were studied retrospectively 1.5-5 years (average 3.5 years) after they received treatment in two hospitals. Of the survivors 63%, 56% were totally pain-free while 15% had varying degrees of hip pain. Only 26.5% could squat fully. The physical activity was inversely proportional to the age. The widowed were doing better than the married with living husbands. Of the three methods of treatment (Austin-Moore hemiarthroplasty, plating and Ender's nailing), the hemiarthroplasty group of patients was doing the best physically. In spite of some positive X-ray findings among the different groups, corresponding clinical manifestations were not encountered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatic Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006723:Hong Kong; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012847:Single Person