hip protectors and their role in hip fracture prevention    hemmati maslak pak m [1] , ganaei r [2]    received: 26 jan, 2011 accepted: 19 apr, 2011   abstract  background & aims: hip fractures in the elderly are the most common orthopedic injury and puts high financial stress the family and society. mortality in hip fracture is 20 percent compared with deaths from other orthopedic problems. th...

Fracture of a modern ceramic head component in total hip replacement is an uncommon but catastrophic complication. Hence, the occurrence of a second ceramic head fracture in the same hip replacement of an individual represents a perishingly rare event. We present the case as a means of highlighting potential risk factors for ceramic head fracture and suggest possible management strategies in su...

abstract traumatic hip dislocations are common in high-energy motor vehicle accidents. we present a case of a 43-year old man who sustained posterior hip dislocation with posterior wall acetabular fracture and ipsilateral intertrochantric fracture following a motorcycle accident. urgent open reduction and internal fixation of the hip fracture-dislocation and fixation of intertrochantric fractur...

Background: Osteoporosis is a common condition among the elderly population, and is associated with an increased risk of fracture. One of the most common fragility fractures involve the distal radius, and are associated with risk of subsequent fragility fracture. Early treatment with bisphosphonates has been suggested to decrease the population hip fracture burden. However, there have been no p...

OBJECTIVES To examine associations between exposure to various subgroups of antipsychotic drugs and risk of hip fracture in older adults. DESIGN Nationwide cohort study. SETTING Norway, 2005-2010. PARTICIPANTS Everyone living in Norway born before 1945 (N = 906,422). MEASUREMENTS Information was obtained on all prescriptions of antipsychotic drugs dispensed from 2004 to 2010 (Norwegian ...

• Correspondence: O. Şahap Atik, M.D. Gazi Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Anabilim Dalı, 06500 Beşevler, Ankara, Turkey. Tel: +90 312 202 55 28 Fax: +90 312 212 90 08 e-mail: [email protected] Osteoporotic fractures are common due to the increase of the average age of the population all over the world. The awareness and knowledge on osteoporosis have increased in the last d...

OBJECTIVES To examine the associations between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and hip fracture and to determine if these associations are attributable to hypertensive disease. METHODS Data were obtained from 2006-2010 hospitalization summary reports of 31 tertiary hospitals in Beijing, China. This study included 864,408 inpatients aged ≥55 years. Occurrence rate of hip fracture was based on the...

There is increasing evidence suggesting that the use of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors may have beneficial effects on bone. Data on the potential post-surgical effects of these medications on orthopedic interventions are very limited. This study was designed to determine whether the use of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors is associated with a decrease in post-surgical mortality and complication...

background:  hip fracture management in supine position on a fracture table with biplane fluoroscopic views has some difficulties which leads to prolongation of surgery and increasing x- rays’ dosage. the purpose of this study was to report the results and complications of hip fracture management in lateral position on a conventional operating table with just anteroposterior fluoroscopic view. ...