Challenges and Solutions in Geriatric Fracture
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Geriatric Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: traumageriatry; hip fracture care; advanced care planning; shared decision-making; palliatieve care; predicting models; implemantation studies
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Dear Colleagues,
Geriatric fractures are rapidly increasing worldwide as populations age, bringing unique clinical challenges related to multimorbidity, frailty, complex decision-making, and variations in postoperative recovery. Over the past decades, growing awareness of these challenges has led to new models of multidisciplinary care and research interest in optimizing outcomes for older adults with fractures.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the current state of the field, identify persistent gaps, and share innovative strategies that improve surgical and nonsurgical management, rehabilitation, and long-term recovery in this population. We seek to bring together clinicians, scientists, policymakers, and allied health professionals dedicated to advancing geriatric fracture care.
We welcome submissions presenting cutting-edge research, including observational studies, clinical trials, and qualitative studies. Papers focusing on frailty, comorbidity management, perioperative optimization, rehabilitation, shared decision-making, and patient-centered outcomes are especially encouraged. We also invite authors to submit studies on the timing of hip fracture surgery (especially for patients on anticoagulants), resource allocation in geriatric trauma, new trends in periprosthetic fractures, and clinical pathways in geriatric trauma. Both original research and high-quality reviews will be considered. High-quality study protocols will also be considered.
Dr. Detlef Van der Velde
Dr. Henk Jan Schuijt
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- geriatric
- fracture
- frailty
- hip fracture
- comorbidity
- perioperative optimization
- orthogeriatrics
- rehabilitation
- shared decision-making
- postoperative outcomes
- mortality and morbidity
- functional recovery
- multidisciplinary care
- quality of life
- recovery
- mobility
- palliative care
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