PURPOSE To investigate the potential correlation between two different types of hip fractures and serum calcium levels. METHODS We consecutively studied 101 cases of femoral neck fracture and 95 cases of femoral inter- trochanteric fracture between January 2011 and December 2013. Fasting blood samples were taken and serum calcium measurements were performed respectively in three periods: the ...

Surgery is the routine management for elderly individuals with femoral neck fracture, in order to reduce the morbidity and the mortality and to relieve pain. Sixteen elderly patients with displaced femoral neck fractures who were unfit for surgeries were treated conservatively. The mortality in this group was not higher than reported following surgical management. Close nursing care, physiother...

Surgical management of fracture Neck of Femur is dictated by physiological age of the patient. An Intracapsular fracture of neck of Femur in adults is relatively uncommon and is difficult to manage. The study intends to analyze the functional outcome of Femoral neck fracture in adults below 60yrs of age treated surgically by internal fixation following delayed presentation more than 48

A prospective study of fractures of the femoral neck was conducted over 12 months in order to ascertain the relevance of generalised osteoporosis as determined by metacarpal morphometry. A series of some 200 women sustaining a fracture of the femoral neck after minor trauma had bone mass measurements similar to those of a control population of normal women, and 16% were not osteoporotic. A hist...

The new generation of metal-on-metal hip resurfacing is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to total hip replacement in the younger and more active patient. Mid-term survivorship figures for osteoarthritic patients are comparable to that of patients receiving a total hip arthroplasty. However, individuals receiving a hip resurfacing for aetiologies other than OA, such as avascular necr...

The cortical strains on the femoral neck and proximal femur were measured before and after implantation of a resurfacing femoral component in 13 femurs from human cadavers. These were loaded into a hip simulator for single-leg stance and stair-climbing. After resurfacing, the mean tensile strain increased by 15% (95% confidence interval (CI) 6 to 24, p = 0.003) on the lateral femoral neck and t...

Femoral neck fractures are common in the elderly and are broadly grouped into either intracapsular or extracapsular fractures. We report an unusual femoral neck fracture that had features of both and discuss the management of such a case.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical characteristics, treatment options and causes of misdiagnosis of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures. METHODS Among 20 patients with ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures, 19 were treated operatively and 1 was treated conservatively. Sixteen cases of femoral shaft fractures were treated by open reduction and internal fixation with compress...