Predictors of functional outcome following intracapsular hip fracture in elderly women

In elderly women with a displaced intracapsular hip fracture, total hip arthroplasty is associated with a functional benefit within the first months after surgery. However, the extent to which this functional benefit is maintained over time, is less clear. These results support the need for randomised studies to quantify the extent to which, in elderly women, the early functional benefit of total hip arthroplasty is maintained in the long run or compromised by progressive cognitive impairment and other negative determinants of functional outcome.