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Hip fractures in the young polytrauma patient: a review and the latest data from the UK

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Managing a hip fracture in a young adult patient in the setting of polytrauma is a particularly challenging prospect. In the UK between 2018 and 2020, 11,969 patients were recorded in the Trauma Audit and Research Network as a patient with polytrauma. Of these patients, 611 (5.1%) had a hip fracture. In this article, we discuss the initial assessment and management of these patients and common problems that are encountered and how the evidence available can help guide management.

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Grant, M., Mehdian-Staffell, R., Webb, M. et al. Hip fractures in the young polytrauma patient: a review and the latest data from the UK. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol 31, 817–823 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-021-02923-3

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