Factores asociados con la morbimortalidad en pacientes mayores de 70 años con prótesis de cadera

Abstract

Traumatic fracture of the hip joint is considered one of the most complicated injuries that are published for different reasons such as high impact, decreased bone density, traffic accidents, advanced age, coxarthrosis, neoplasms or falls either from the same height or higher. When a traumatic fracture is identified, soft tissue traction should be performed in order to align the fracture and relieve pain. When there is a fracture of the head or neck of the femur normally the treatment is depending on the age of the patient, when it is less than 65 years the treatment is orthopedic by means of the placements screws or plates, when the patient is in the age between 65 to 75 years a total prosthesis of hip is placed and when the patient is greater than 75 years a partial prosthesis is used. At the moment of replacing the hip some damaged structures must be retired and these are replaced by pieces, at the time of performing a total or partial hip arthroplasty is performed a replacement of both the acetabular component as the femoral component, materials are placed that are made of metal, ceramic and polyethylene that are resistant and to perform this procedure will help to improve function and reduce pain, but to be replaced the joint can lead to complications to different associated factors, the surgical procedure or the diagnosis