Introduction Population ageing in Africa is increasing healthcare demands. Hip fractures require multidisciplinary care and are considered an indicator condition for age-related health services. We ...

Surgeons should aim to prevent intraoperative femur fractures by identifying high ... stem as long as it is not well distal to the lesser trochanter,” Garbuz said. “If it goes below the ...

The hip fractures were classified into femoral neck, intertrochanteric femur, subtrochanteric femur and other unclassified sites (i.e., lesser trochanter, greater trochanter, femoral head). Clinical ...

In the present head-to-head study, significantly greater increases in BMD at the hip trochanter ... hip or spine fracture after the age of 45 years – the type of patients most likely to be ...