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2. Hip fracture - Wikipedia

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   Falls are the most common cause of hip fractures; around 30–60% of older adults fall each year. This increases the risk for hip fracture and leads to the increased risk of death in older individuals, the rate of one year mortality is seen from 12 to 37%. [68] For those remaining patients, half of them need assistance and cannot live ...

3. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction - Wikipedia

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   The risk of POCD increases with age, and the type of surgery is also important because there is a very low incidence associated with minor surgery. [4] POCD is common in adult patients of all ages at hospital discharge after major noncardiac surgery, but only the elderly (aged 60 years or older) are at significant risk for long-term cognitive ...

4. Fall prevention - Wikipedia

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   Fall prevention includes any action taken to help reduce the number of accidental falls suffered by susceptible individuals, such as the elderly and people with neurological (Parkinson's, Multiple sclerosis, stroke survivors, Guillain-Barre, traumatic brain injury, incomplete spinal cord injury) or orthopedic (lower limb or spinal column fractures or arthritis, post-surgery, joint replacement ...

5. Hip surgery danger elderly: Jimmy Carter - AOL

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6. Minimally invasive hip resurfacing - Wikipedia

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   Specialty. orthopedic. [ edit on Wikidata] Minimally invasive hip resurfacing (MIS) is a total or partial hip surgery that can be carried out through an incision of less than 10 cm (4 inches) without imparting great forces on the anatomy or compromising component positioning. [1]

7. Kathie Lee Gifford Calls Hip Replacement Surgery ‘One ... - AOL

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   Kathie Lee Gifford is recovering after undergoing hip replacement surgery. While Gifford, 70, hoped the procedure would be “easy,” she told People in an interview published on Tuesday, July 16 ...