Hip fracture: management

Imaging options in occult hip fracture: In people with a continuing suspicion of a hip fracture but whose radiographs are normal, what is the clinical and cost effectiveness of CT compared with MRI, in confirming or excluding the fracture?

Anaesthesia: What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of regional versus general anaesthesia on postoperative morbidity in people with hip fracture?

Undisplaced intracapsular hip fractures: For people with undisplaced (or non-displaced) intracapsular hip fracture, what features should be used to characterise the injury and what are the optimal clinical and cost-effective management strategies?

Intensive rehabilitation therapies after hip fracture: What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of additional intensive physiotherapy and/or occupational therapy (for example, progressive resistance training) after hip fracture?

Early supported discharge in care home patients: What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of early supported discharge on mortality, quality of life and functional status in people with hip fracture who are admitted from a care home?

Long-term effectiveness of total hip replacement: What is the long-term clinical and cost effectiveness for adults (including different subgroups) undergoing total hip replacement compared with hemiarthroplasty for displaced intracapsular hip fracture?

Femoral component design: In adults undergoing hemiarthroplasty for displaced intracapsular hip fracture (including in different subgroups), which femoral component design has the best long-term outcomes?