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. 2020 Sep;6(3):146-150.
doi: 10.1016/j.afos.2020.07.002. Epub 2020 Aug 8.

Comparison of morbidity and mortality of hip and vertebral fragility fractures: Which one has the highest burden?

Maroun Rizkallah  1 , Falah Bachour  1 , Mirvat El Khoury  2 , Amer Sebaaly  1 , Boutros Finianos  3 , Rawad El Hage  3 , Ghassan Maalouf  1
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Comparison of morbidity and mortality of hip and vertebral fragility fractures: Which one has the highest burden?

Maroun Rizkallah et al. Osteoporos Sarcopenia. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

Objectives: Hip fragility fractures were regarded as one of the most severe, but recent papers report on the underestimated burden of vertebral compression fractures. This study aims to compare morbidity and mortality of hip and vertebral fragility fractures in patients treated in the same setting.

Methods: Patients aged ≥50 years with hip fracture, and those with vertebral fracture presenting to our hospital between January 2014 and January 2017 were included. Patients were evaluated 1 year after their index fracture. SF-36 scores, mortality, and institutionalization are then recorded. Patients were divided into 2 groups: hip fractures and vertebral fractures.

Results: There were 106 and 90 patients respectively evaluated in hip and vertebral fracture groups at 1 year. Patients in both groups were comparable for age, sex, comorbidities and neuropsychiatric condition (P > 0.05). At 1 year follow-up, SF-36 showed better averages in all 8 scales in hip fracture group compared to vertebral fracture group. Mortality in the hip fracture group reached 32.1% compared to 10% for the vertebral fracture group (P < 0.01). Fifteen patients were institutionalized in the hip fracture group compared to 18 patients in the vertebral fracture group (P > 0.05).

Conclusions: When comparing patients treated in the same setting, hip fracture is associated with significantly increased mortality than vertebral fracture; however, the latter is associated with more morbidity.

Keywords: Hip fracture; Morbidity; Mortality; Osteoporosis; Vertebral fracture.

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Kaplan-Meier plot showing the survival analysis in both groups. The blue plot represents survival in the hip fracture group; the green plot represents survival in the vertebral fracture group. Survival in vertebral fracture group is better than that in hip fracture group throughout the study. H, hip fracture; V, vertebral fracture.
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