The cost and implications of reoperation after surgery for fracture of thehip

Revision operations after fracture of the hip are costly, in both monetary and personal terms. We have assessed whether these costs applied equally to all complications after the primary procedure. We studied 3154 consecutive patients,vith fracture of the hip and analysed the complications and finan cial implications related to reoperation within one year of injury, The res ults showed that revision surgery is not always associated with a significa nt increase in morbidity financial cost or mortality, but is directly relat ed to the underlying complication.