Resumo

ESCARPANTER BULIES, JULIO C.. Morbidity and lethality by hip fractures: evaluation of the five year term 1991-1995. Rev Cubana Ortop Traumatol [online]. 1997, vol.11, n.1-2, pp. 79-86. ISSN 1561-3100.

A study on the morbidity and lethality of the hip fractures was conducted at the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the "Comandante Pinares" General Teaching Hospital, in San Cristóbal, from 1991 to 1995. It was demonstrated that the incidence of these injuries has not increased, that the lethality due to these type of fractures has decreased, and that, within the treatment strategy, the preoperative prophylaxis and the compensation of base diseases are even more important than the urgency to perform the operation.

Palavras-chave : HIP FRACTURES [epidemiology]; HIP FRACTURES [mortality.].