Factores que influyen en la consolidación ósea post fractura en pacientes diabéticos mal controlados de 60 a 80 años de edad que fueron atendidos en el Hospital General Liborio Panchana Sotomayor en la ciudad de Santa Elena, entre septiembre del 2024 y septiembre del 2025.

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is one of the most impactful chronic non-communicable diseases in the elderly population, especially when glycemic control is inadequate, due to its association with metabolic, vascular, and inflammatory alterations that can compromise various tissue repair processes. Among these, post-fracture bone healing is a clinically relevant phenomenon, as its evolution can be affected by systemic factors, comorbidities, and treatment-related conditions. This research aims to determine the various factors that influence post-fracture bone healing in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and inadequate glucose control, aged 60 to 80 years, who were treated at the Liborio Panchana Sotomayor General Hospital between September 2024 and September 2025. The research will be a quantitative, retrospective, observational, descriptive, and correlational cross-sectional study. The information will be obtained from a database containing the medical records of patients who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Various sociodemographic, clinical, therapeutic, and metabolic variables will be analyzed, such as age, glycated hemoglobin, sex, comorbidities, fracture type, recorded therapeutic adherence, treatment received, complications, and bone healing progress. It is hoped that the results obtained will allow us to identify clinical and metabolic factors associated with bone healing progress in the studied population, providing significant local evidence to strengthen the follow-up and comprehensive management of elderly patients with fractures and type 2 diabetes mellitus.