We examined prospectively collected data from 6782 consecutive hip fractures and identified 327 fractures in 315 women aged ≤65 years. We report on their demographic characteristics, treatment and outcome and compare them with a cohort of 4810 hip fractures in 4542 women aged > 65 years. The first significant increase in age-related incidence of hip fracture was at 45, rather than 50, which is ...

BACKGROUND For the last 35 years, our medical center has been the only referral center and provider of emergency medical services for a well-defined geographic area in southern Israel. OBJECTIVES To evaluate trends in the incidence of hip fractures in this population. METHODS The study was based on two surveys done approximately 20 years apart. It included women and men 50 years and older w...

BACKGROUND Osteoporosis occurs frequently in patients with chronic cholestatic liver diseases, yet data are scarce regarding the prevalence of osteoporosis and fragility fractures and their impact on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC). OBJECTIVES We aimed to assess Bone Mineral Density (BMD), physical activity and incidence of fragility fractures in...

hip dislocation occurs when the femur does not break and the force is transmitted towards the hip joint leading to a posterior dislocation of the femoral head with or without posterior acetabular fracture. we present the case of a 26 year old patient involved in motor vehicle accident. clinical and imaging (radiography, ct) examination revealed an intertrochanteric fracture associated with ipsi...

Hip fractures occur more frequently in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) than in the general population [1], and they are an important complication associated with a high mortality rate, decreased quality of life, and large economic burden [2]. The mechanisms of impaired skeletal strength in patients with ESRD are either osteoporosis or renal bone disease, such as adynamic bone disease...

Fractures of the hip are an important public healthcare concern and a major source of mortality and morbidity among the elderly. In 1990, an estimated 1.66 million hip fractures occurred throughout the world (Cooper, Campion et al. 1992), frequently resulting in functional limitations, reduced quality of life, social dependency, and a major increase of mortality within one year of injury (Keene...

OBJECTIVES To report the age-, sex-, and type-specific hip fracture incidence rates in Ecuador. A secondary objective was to examine hip fracture geographic variations in Latin America. METHODS The Anuario de Egresos Hospitalarios was analyzed to determine the number of persons aged 50 years or older hospitalized with a principal diagnosis of hip fracture (ICD-10 S72) in 2005. Census estimate...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of Osteomalacia and biochemical abnormalities in patients with hip fracture who presented at our Institution. METHODS All patients with operatively treated hip fractures (Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi from June 1996 to June 2001) were included. The total number of patients was 168 with 59 males and 109 females. Eighty nine patients presented with i...

AIM To evaluate whether a modified radiographic view of the femoral neck improves the diagnosis of occult proximal femoral. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prospective study of patients presenting with clinically suspected proximal femoral fractures or who underwent traditional plain radiographic views and the Bristol hip view (a 30-degree angled projection). Six blinded independent observers assessed ...

BACKGROUND Overgrowth after pediatric femoral shaft fractures is well documented; however, overgrowth of the femoral neck after hip fractures has not been especially reported previously. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence and characteristics of femoral neck overgrowth after hip fractures in children. METHODS From January 1990 to December 2012, there were 30 consecutive pa...