Early Versus Delayed Surgery Outcomes of Intertrochanteric Fractures

Background: this study aims to investigate early and delayed mortality rates and hospitalizationduration among patients with delayed and early femoral intertrochanteric fractures.objectives: to compare short and long-term mortality rates and hospitalization duration betweenintertrochanteric fracture patients receiving early and delayed surgical treatment.methods: in this cross-sectional study demographic data, underlying disease history, presurgeryhospitalization duration, surgery duration, and post-surgery hospitalization duration wereextracted from patient files. patients were divided into two groups with and without delay insurgery. patients’ mortality rates were divided according to the time elapsed after the operation.they were divided into short-term and long-term categories. data were analyzed using spsssoftware, version 26.results: no significant difference was observed between the two groups in terms of age andsex distribution, but the frequency of underlying disease was significantly higher in the delayedsurgery group (p<0.001). also, mean hospital stay duration (p<0.001), surgery duration(p<0.001), short-term mortality (p=0.01) and long-term death (p<0.001) were significantlyhigher in the delayed surgery group.conclusion: delayed surgery correlates with increased early and late mortality rates andprolonged hospital stay among patients with intertrochanteric femoral fractures.