The development of orthopedics in the past was far worse than today, such as treatment concept, surgical methods, surgical equipment and materials. This leads to multiple fractures in the elderly? Can't operate, dare not operate? And choose conservative fixed treatment. This means that patients need to stay in bed for a long time until the fracture heals. Young people can't stand staying in bed for a long time, let alone the elderly.
Long-term bed rest after fracture in the elderly will bring serious physiological effects.
Elderly people usually develop fatal respiratory or urinary tract infections within a few weeks of bed rest. In addition, the blood itself is easy to coagulate after fracture, and it is easy to form deep vein thrombosis after long-term bed rest, which is fatal? Pulmonary embolism? .
Staying in bed for a long time after fracture will definitely bring extremely serious psychological negative effects to the elderly.
Pain caused by fracture, long-term bed rest, inability to take care of themselves, complete dependence on nursing, long-term insomnia, etc. In fact, it will cause an extremely serious psychological negative blow to the elderly. Elderly fracture patients will soon have anxiety and depression, lose hope for their future life and regard themselves as a burden to their families.
These complications exist, so hip fractures used to be called. The last fracture in your life? . Old people's physical recovery ability is not strong enough, and many of them will be devastated. Coupled with the lack of scientific care, many elderly people can't survive this. ?
With the continuous development of orthopedics, the concept of fracture treatment has been updated rapidly, and the corresponding new surgical methods, surgical instruments and internal fixation prosthesis materials have been developed vigorously. Many operations that I didn't dare to do before can be done now. Coupled with the synchronous development of anesthesia, respiration, endocardium, ICU and other related departments, as well as the increasing care and support of the family and society for the elderly. Now the threat of fracture to the life of the elderly is far less than before.