Surgical procedures in the patients on anticoagulant treatment always have a risk of perioperative bleeding. Femoral neck fracture is one such complication which needs surgical management and very common in elderly patients. These patients often carry comorbidities like cardiac disease and mostly on clopidogrel treatment. Whether to continue the clopidogrel during such a surgical procedure or not is a big question.
However, a recent review article published in BMC has recommended the use of clopidogrel during such condition with precautionary care for minimal blood loss. Femoral neck fractures in the elderly people contribute to a large proportion of the orthopedic surgical admissions. These patients are often present with comorbidities like coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral vascular disease. As per the recent studies, approximately 63.3% patients of hip…
