Table 3.

Operative and anaesthetic treatment

Countries Variables	Sweden	Scotland	Denmark	Finland	Norway	NHFD	Ireland	Germany	Italy	Netherlands	Spain	Range
Surgical procedure (%)
Conservative	(1)					(2.2)	(5)			3	2.4	1–5
Cannulated screws	(15)	(2)	[10]		11.4	(3)	2a	(2)	4.2	5	2.2a	2–15
DHS	(20)	(34)	[22]		15.3	(32)	15a	(3)	4.3	13	1.4a	1.4–34
IM-Nail	(27)	(10)	[31]		23.4	(12)	28a	(50)	49.9	39	60.5a	10–60.5
Hemiarthroplasty	(25)	(48)	[25]		41.7	(43)	47a	(34)	24.2	33	33.2a	24.2–48
Total hip replacement	(10)	(6)	[10]		7.8	(8)	4a	(6)	15.4	7	2.7a	2.7–15.4
Cemented prosthesis	[97]	94.7b			93.1b	92.3	76					76–97
Anaesthetic technique (%)c
Spinal	[95]	[50]			79.6	45.2	77	6	76.7	63	93.1	6–95
General	[5]	[44]			16.0	56.5	24	94	20.2	43	6.3	5–94

NHFD: England/Wales/Northern Ireland; DHS: dynamic hip screw; IM-Nail: intramedullary nail

^aOf all operations (excluding conservative treatment)

^bOf the hemiarthroplasties

^cMore than one technique possible per patient

When recent data were not available, data from Ojeda-Thies et al. [16] or Johansen et al. [18] were used indicated by () or []