Pelvic Fractures in the Elderly

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland400 enrolled

Overview

The aim of the project is to predict the patient under conservative therapy as a function of the patient Classification of Rommens and Hofmann and other potential prognostic factors. A corresponding prognostic score may be used in the future by patients and attending physicians support joint decision between surgical and conservative treatment.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

400

Conditions

Pelvic Fracture

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * Pelvic fracture after low-energy trauma * Treatment in the years 2006 to 2016 * patients equal to or older than 60 years Exclusion Criteria: * Pelvic fracture after a high-energy space * Pathological fracture in the area of a tumor or a bony metastasis * Existence of a documented refusal

Locations (1)

University Hospital Switzerland, Traumatology

Basel, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

mortality

number of patients who died within one year after pelvic fracture

Time frame: from pelvic fracture until year 1

loss of independence

loss of independence defined as number of patients leaving their own home and starting to live in a retirement home or asylum within one year after pelvic fracture

Time frame: from pelvic fracture until year 1

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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