Importance of the TopicO ne recent estimate found that more than 14 million people experience a hip fracture every year. The fallout of these personally and economically devastating injuries is 2.9 million person-years lived disability [1], and a fiveto eightfold increase in the risk of death within 3 months of the fracture [4]. Surgical management, which facilitates early mobilization and faster recovery, is the recommended treatment for hip fractures for patients who are well enough to endure the procedure [2]. However, A note from the Editor-in-Chief: We are pleased to publish the next installment of "Cochrane in CORR ® ", our partnership between CORR ® , The Cochrane Collaboration ® , and McMaster University's Evidence-Based Orthopaedics Group. In this column, researchers from McMaster University and other institutions will provide expert perspective on an abstract originally published in The Cochrane Library that we think is especially important. We welcome reader feedback on our editorials as we do on all of our columns and articles; please send your comments to

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