Geriatric Fracture Care: Bridging Orthopedics and Gerontology
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 April 2026 | Viewed by 85
Special Issue Editors
Interests: geriatric trauma; proximal femur fractures; hip fracture
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The recent demographic changes are responsible for the rising number of geriatric trauma patients. Therefore, geriatric fracture are increasingly becoming the focus of medical and healthcare policy. These fractures are not only associated with increased morbidity, but also a significantly increased patient mortality rate. These injuries are often a turning point in the lives of those affected and represent a major challenge both medically and organizationally. Frailty and the associated reduced physiological reserve have decisive influence on prognosis. It increases the risk of complications, prolongs rehabilitation phases and makes it more difficult to return to independence.
Orthopaedic treatment alone is often not sufficient to meet the needs of this demanding group of patients; an interdisciplinary approach is required that integrates both surgical expertise and geriatric specialist knowledge. Therfore, an orthogeriatric treatment is necessary to improve the patients’ outcome.
This Special Issue “Geriatric Fracture Care: Bridging Orthopedics and Gerontology” is dedicated to precisely address this interface. The aim is to present current developments, innovative care models and evidence-based approaches that enable patient-centered, age-appropriate treatment. The focus is on topics such as improvement of operative care, perioperative risk minimization, rehabilitation and interdisciplinary collaboration in specialist teams.
We invite readers to join us in taking a look at the challenges and opportunities of age-appropriate fracture care with the aim of building bridges between surgical technology and geriatric medicine.
Dr. Tom Knauf
Prof. Dr. Daphne Asimenia Eschbach
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- geriatric fracture
- proximal femur fractures
- hip fracture, geriatric trauma patient
- ortho-geriatric treatment
- periprosthetic fracture
- end of life decision
- orthopedic surgery in the elderly
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