CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2019; 54(04): 387-391
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1694020
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia. Published by Thieme Revnter Publicações Ltda Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Relationship between the Lee Score and Postoperative Mortality in Patients with Proximal Femur Fractures[*]

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Marcelo Teodoro Ezequiel Guerra
1   Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Universitário de Canoas, Canoas, RS, Brasil
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1   Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Universitário de Canoas, Canoas, RS, Brasil
,
João Mauro Mendina Morais
1   Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Hospital Universitário de Canoas, Canoas, RS, Brasil
,
Giovanna Labatut
2   Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Universidade Luterana do Brasil (Ulbra), Canoas, RS, Brasil
,
Monica Cavanus Feijó
2   Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Universidade Luterana do Brasil (Ulbra), Canoas, RS, Brasil
,
Carlos Eduardo Peixoto Kayser
2   Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Universidade Luterana do Brasil (Ulbra), Canoas, RS, Brasil
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Publication History

06 September 2017

07 December 2017

Publication Date:
20 August 2019 (online)

Abstract

Objective To verify the predictive value of the Lee score for mortality in a one-year period after proximal femur fracture surgery. The present study also evaluated the isolated predictive capacity of other variables.

Methods A sample of 422 patients with surgically-treated proximal femur fractures was evaluated. Data was collected through a review of medical records, appointments, and contact by telephone.

Results The Lee score was applied to 99.3% of the patients with proximal femur fractures submitted to surgical treatment. The mortality rate was of 22% of the sample, and the majority were classified as class I risk. The Lee score had no significant association with mortality (p = 0.515). High levels of serum creatinine (p = 0.001) and age (p = 0.000) were directly associated with death.

Conclusion The Lee score was not predictive of mortality in a one-year period after proximal femur fracture surgery; however, a statistical significance was observed between age and serum creatinine levels, considered separately, and death.

* Work developed at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Universitário de Canoas, Canoas, RS, Brazil.


 
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