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[Bilateral hip fracture in a patient with Down syndrome]
Díaz de Rada P, Machado V, Villas C, Alfonso M.. Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra, 2019-08-23
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
There are few published data available about simultaneous bilateral hip fractures. We present the case of a 56-year-old man with Down syndrome and Alzheimer-like dementia with simultaneous bilateral hip fracture. A bilateral partial hip cemented arthroplasty was performed on this patient. The aim was to avoid the partial burden that could be caused by ostheosynthesis, due to the patient's lack of cooperation arising from his mental deterioration and his problems realizing everyday activities. He was able to walk unaided with complete autonomy until his death fourth years later. In our experience, one stage surgery for bilateral hip prosthesis is safe and provides good results in patients with severe mental impairment.
Key findings
- In our experience, one stage surgery for bilateral hip prosthesis is safe and provides good results in patients with severe mental impairment.
Why it matters
This is a single case report of a man with Down syndrome and Alzheimer-like dementia who had one-stage surgery for bilateral hip fractures and walked unaided afterward. It offers no information about treating, curing, or preventing Alzheimer's disease itself.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 28/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on institution's track record, so that was left out: it earned 27 of the 97 points we could judge it on, which is 28 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra) |
| Journal's citation record | 0 / 4 | Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra: journal h-index 33 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2019 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (pubmed indexes it as a clinical or observational study) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 1 / 7 | Cited 1 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 0 / 5 | 0.1 citations a year over 9 year(s) since 2019 |
| Impact for its field and year | 0 / 6 | Cited 0.0× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 0 / 4 | Cited 1 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 1 / 4 | Last-listed author Matías Alfonso: h-index 12 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 0 institution(s) in 0 countries — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 31081501) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 27 / 97 | Scored on 19 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 27 of the 97 points we could judge it on is 28 out of 100. |
| Total | 28 / 100 | — |
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- DOI: 10.23938/assn.0634
- PubMed: 31081501
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APA 7th
Díaz de Rada, P., Machado, V., Villas, C., & Alfonso, M. (2019). [Bilateral hip fracture in a patient with Down syndrome]. Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra. https://doi.org/10.23938/assn.0634
Vancouver
Díaz de Rada P, Machado V, Villas C, Alfonso M. [Bilateral hip fracture in a patient with Down syndrome]. Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra. 2019. doi:10.23938/assn.0634. PMID: 31081501.
BibTeX
@article{diazderada2019-31081501,
author = {Díaz de Rada, P. and Machado, V. and Villas, C. and Alfonso, M.},
title = {{[Bilateral hip fracture in a patient with Down syndrome]}},
journal = {Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra},
year = {2019},
doi = {10.23938/assn.0634},
pmid = {31081501},
url = {https://doi.org/10.23938/assn.0634}
}
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