BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Reports regarding the relationship between delayed surgery and mortality in femoral neck fracture patients are contradictory. We could not find any study in the literature investigating delayed arrival to hospital and delayed surgery as separate factors affecting mortality in femoral neck fracture patients, which was the purpose of our study. PATIENTS AND METHODS We ana...

Understanding femoral neck structure may be critical to preventing fractures at this site. We examined the correlates of changes in the femoral neck during adolescence. Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry measurements of proximal femora were made in 101 Caucasian youths (ages 9 to 26 years). Relationships were examined between developmental parameters (age, pubertal stage, height, body mass, lean ...

BACKGROUND: Neglected femoral neck fractures in young adults (age <60) pose a major challenge terms of appropriate treatments for each specific condition. AIM: The objective this case report is to explain the presentation neglected and its clinical consequences discuss management disease. CASE PRESENTATION: This presents 14-year-old male with displaced fracture neck, which was successfully m...

In 12 patients, we measured the oxygen concentration in the femoral head-neck junction during hip resurfacing through the anterolateral approach. This was compared with previous measurements made for the posterior approach. For the anterolateral approach, the oxygen concentration was found to be highly dependent upon the position of the leg, which was adjusted during surgery to provide exposure...

Pseudarthrosis of the femoral neck is a fairly common complication of fracture of the femoral neck. It is defined by the absence or cessation of consolidation of a true cervical fracture. The period of consolidation is quite subjective, and three or four months after we accept evolution without consolidation, there is pseudarthrosis. Through 14 cases collected in our service, we will discuss th...

A subcapital femoral neck fracture complicating a healed trochanteric fracture is rare. Such cases are managed in a rather heterogeneous manner, i.e. there exists a mixture of cases treated by either fixed angle devices or dynamic compression screws. We describe 5 patients who developed subcapital femoral neck fractures after healed trochanteric fractures treated with dynamic compression screws...

Cathepsin K inhibitors have been demonstrated to restore bone mass in both animal model and postmenopausal osteoporotic patients. In the present study, we performed to investigate the pharmacological effect of icariin in the healing potential and biomechanical properties of femoral neck in a mice fractured model. The results showed that the mRNA and protein expression of cathepsin K was markedl...

fracture. Several chronic medical conditions, medications, and life style factors affect bone mineral accrual. This study aims to evaluate the bone mineral densities and hip axis lengths in the local population. Materials and Methods: 336 normal Bangladeshi women age ranges 20 to 70 years had evaluation of their bone mineral densities (BMDs) by means of dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Results:...

Abnormal hip development causes one-quarter to one-half of all hip disease. Dysplastic hips typically share characteristic anatomic abnormalities. The dysplastic acetabulum is typically shallow, lateralized, and anteverted with insufficient coverage anteriorly, superiorly, and laterally. The dysplastic proximal femur has a small femoral head with excessive femoral neck anteversion and a short n...

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...