I’ve known several elderly people who went into a decline from which they never recovered after a fall and a broken hip. I don’t know of any who died from related surgery. However, there are always risks even for young, healthy people, from sedation to blood clots to infection.
Yes, and I’ve definitely heard of cases in the elderly where people go onto a negative course after something as serious as a broken hip and are never the same again. I hadn’t heard of someone dying from a hip operation, though, but with all the potential for blood loss in that area it is a very serious operation.
My mother broke her hip after a fall at age 94. Full replacement. Didnt faze her. Lived to 100.