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The purpose of this study was to quantify the association of DOAC use and perioperative outcomes in patients who underwent hemiarthroplasty (HA) or total hip arthroplasty (THA) for femoral neck fractures. We hypothesized that early surgical intervention on a patient taking a DOAC medication would not lead to worse perioperative outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A retrospective cohort study was conducted on 2,833 patients who underwent primary THA or HA for femoral neck fractures between December 31, 2017, and January 29, 2024, across our hospital system. The patients taking a DOAC were divided into 3 groups based on the time since the last DOAC intake: 1 day, 2 days, and \u22653 days. Propensity matching was performed 1:1, accounting for age, sex, Elixhauser Comorbidity Index, preoperative chronic kidney disease stage, preoperative hemoglobin, body mass index, and hospital type. Subanalyses utilizing linear and conditional logistic regression models were performed to assess differences in outcomes between the groups that had a DOAC withheld and the control groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The mean age of all patients was 81 \u00b1 10 years, 1,805 patients (64%) were women, and 207 patients (7%) were taking a DOAC prior to surgery. Despite comparable preoperative and postoperative hemoglobin levels between the groups that had a DOAC withheld and the control groups (all p &gt; 0.05), the patients who had a DOAC withheld for 1 day were more likely to receive a postoperative blood transfusion (23.1% compared with 0%; p = 0.002). This difference in transfusion rate was not observed in other cohorts. There were no differences in medical complications, reoperation, discharge disposition, or mortality between the groups that had a DOAC withheld and the matched controls at any time point.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Delaying surgical management due to DOAC medications may be unnecessary in patients undergoing arthroplasty for femoral neck fractures. Consideration should be given to adjusting transfusion triggers to reduce unwarranted blood transfusions in patients taking a DOAC.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Level of Evidence:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Therapeutic\n                      <jats:underline>Level III<\/jats:underline>\n                      . 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