Effect of Dementia on Postoperative Mortality in Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture

The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of dementia as an underlying disease in elderly patients with hip fracture, to investigate the effect of dementia on postoperative mortality after surgery of hip fracture, and to analyze the differences in postoperative mortalities according to the severity of dementia through subgroup analysis.This study selected 2,346 elderly patients who were diagnosed with unilateral intertrochanteric or...