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...

The aim of this study was to assess the influence of bone mineral density and hip geometry on the fragility fracture of femoral neck and trochanteric region. There were 95 menopausal females of age ≥ 50 years with fragility fracture of hip, including 55 cases of femoral neck fracture and 40 cases of trochanteric fracture. Another 63 non-fractured females with normal bone mineral density (BMD) w...

Introduction: Trochanteric fractures are one of the commonest injuries sustained predominantly in patients over sixty years of age. They are three to four times more common in women than in men. These usually occur through bone affected by osteoporosis; trivial fall being the most common mechanism of injury [1]. Discussion: The goal of this study was to compare the functional outcomes of patien...

BACKGROUND We evaluated the clinical and radiologic results of impacted femoral neck fractures treated with multiple pinning and determined the influence of the progression of impaction at the fracture site on clinical outcome. METHODS There were 34 patients with a mean age of 65.5 years. The mean follow-up period was 3.4 years. Progression of fracture site impaction was measured using an art...

PURPOSE To identify the demographic features of patients aged 65 years or older admitted with 2 episodes of fragility hip fractures. METHODS From July 2003 to December 2004 inclusive, 50 consecutive elderly patients underwent surgery for a second episode of hip fracture. Patients in a very poor physical condition and therefore unfit for surgery were excluded. Risk factors of fractures in both...

INTRODUCTION: Hip fracture is the most serious complication of osteoporosis. In order to develop and target prevention strategies, it is essential to find those at increased risk of hip fracture. Decreased bone mineral density (BMD) in the proximal femur is associated with hip fracture risk, but majority of the fractures occur in patients without osteoporosis . Fracture risk is also affected by...

To explore potential etiologic differences in the two major types of hip fracture, the authors computed the incidence rates of fractures of the femoral neck and trochanteric region of the proximal femur using a 5% sample of the US Medicare population aged 65-99 years. For the period they examined, July 1,1986, through June 30, 1990, the rates of both hip fracture types increased with age in all...

Sub-trochanteric fractures of the femur are not commonly encountered as compared to trochanteric or neck of femur fractures. Relatively younger persons are injured more and a considerable violence is required for this fracture to occur. These fractures, treated conservatively by methods like traction, splints or casts, are often associated with complications like non-union, mal-union, shortenin...