Spontaneous fracture of the femoral neck.

Occult femoral neck fracture.

coronal imaging; figure 1C). She was treated with osteosynthesis (figure 1D) to stabilise the femoral neck fracture, which resulted in a good functional outcome at 6-month follow-up. Occult femoral neck fractures are frequently misdiagnosed. Once misdiagnosed, the non-displaced fracture may become displaced. When this occurs, patients may need to be treated with hip arthroplasty, which is more ...

Osteoporosis and Fracture of the Femoral Neck

The close association of fracture of the femoral neck and osteoporosis in the aged has led to the notion that this is, in a sense, a pathological fracture. This is not a new concept. Over 100 years ago Astley Cooper (1824) noted the relationship between old age and fragility of the bones, which “. . . become thin in their shell and spongy in their texture.” More recently epidemiological studies...

Strenuous walking exercise and spontaneous fracture of the femoral neck in the elderly.

Spontaneous fractures of the hip which developed after strenuous walking exercise in 8 elderly people are reported. All patients had Singh hip index 4 or below at the time of initial examination and walked from 8,000 to 10,000 steps per day. This presentation aims to arouse the attention of physicians, recreational sports coaches, and elderly people to the deleterious effects of strenuous walki...

Treatment of femoral fracture through the sliding screw portal following fixation of the femoral neck fracture.

The authors report a case of secondary femoral fracture through the sliding hip screw portal following fixation of the femoral neck fracture. The femoral neck and subtrochanteric fracture was successfully treated by superimposing a trochanteric stabilization plate (TSP) onto the regular sliding hip screw.

Thyrotoxicosis presenting as fracture of femoral neck.