The role of the orthogeriatrician has grown over the last few years. Orthogeriatrics was primarily involved in the care and management of fragility hip fractures, but has recently been expanded to provide specialist care to patients admitted with other various fractures, the spine, pelvis, appendicular, and those suffered from major trauma.

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Frailty is a concept that represents a state of increased vulnerability to adverse outcomes [1, 2]. Every individual accumulates physical and psychological deficits during their life, and the greater the number of deficits, the frailer the individual is [3].

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