Femoral neck fractures can be classified according to ... The optimal timing of such surgery, however, is not controversial. Polytrauma patients should have early long-bone stabilization followed ...

Surgeons should identify high-risk patients and surgical risk factors ... to just see a little bit of femur and miss that neck cut. Those early postoperative fractures are almost all missed ...

Femoral neck fractures are a common injury, particularly among older adults, and they often require surgical intervention to restore mobility and reduce complications. The management of these ...

The term "broken hip ... neck – called a subtrochanteric fracture (least common) Hip fractures frequently occur in the elderly, people affected by disease, or from direct trauma. Femoral hip fractures ...

Abnormalities of the angle between the femoral neck and shaft of the femur may also require surgical correction ... However, they may also result from a traumatic injury or fracture of the femur, such ...

Neck of femur fractures (NOFF) are one of the major health concerns ... Postreduction, the joint was stable in all planes and the limb lengths were restored. A day after her surgery she remained a bit ...

Background: Femoral neck fractures in the elderly make up a large proportion of Orthopaedic surgical admissions each year. Operating on patients with clopidogrel poses a challenge because of the ...

AST/ALT ratio may predict 1-year mortality in elderly patients operated for femoral neck fracture suggests a study published ...

The Guidelines Project, an initiative of the Brazilian Medical Association, aims to combine information from the medical field in order to standardize procedures to assist the reasoning and ...

and waiting time from injury to surgery were obtained. Results: No significant difference was observed in walking ability before injury among patients with femoral neck fracture treated with bipolar ...

Few studies have assessed its use following hip fracture surgery. The new clinical trial enrolled 50 older adults undergoing hip hemiarthroplasty for isolated intracapsular femoral neck fractures.