OPERA Updates
Read the full article here: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/hpi Hip fractures are a common and serious injury in older people, with significant morbidity and mortality rates. Accurately predicting the risk of adverse outcomes following hip fractures is crucial for proper care planning and informed decision-making. The Older Persons’ Emergency Risk Assessment (OPERA) score is a risk stratification tool […]
Hip Fracture Management
Outcomes Worthing and Chichester Hospitals manage over 900 hip fractures a year. Though partly through the work of the national hip fracture audit outcomes have been improving over the last decade, this group are still at high risk of short and longer-term mortality and complications and spend a significant amount of time in the hospital. […]