Is Fast Reversal and Early Surgery (Within 24 h) in Patients on Warfarin Medication With Trochanteric Hip Fractures Safe: A Case-control Study
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
- Enrollment
- 198
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Transfusion rates
Study Overview
Brief Summary
A retrospective case-control study. To evaluate if early surgery within 24hours of troch or subtrochanteric hip fractures using intramedullary nailing is safe in patients on warfarin treatment after fast reversal of the warfarin effect
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Cohort
- Time Perspective
- Retrospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 60 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- •Pathological fracture
- •Late presentation to the hospital
- •Other injuries
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Transfusion rates
Time Frame: 2-4 days after the surgery
Transfusion rate (n)
adverse events
Time Frame: Immediately after the surgery
Number of patients with a myocardial infarction, stroke, pulmonary embolism, deep venous thrombosis, sepsis, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, pressure ulcer, or any adverse events.
mortality
Time Frame: 1 year after the surgery
The number of deaths
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Leif Mattisson
Senior Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon MD.,Ph.D.
Karolinska Institutet
