Hip fractures, particularly in older persons, result in problems that extend far beyond the
orthopedic injury, with repercussions in the areas of medicine, rehabilitation, psychiatry …

The proximal femoral epiphysis generally is closed by the age of sixteen years, thus
establishing the anat-omy of the proximal part of the femur in an adult. The neck-shaft angle …

Methods of meta-analysis, a technique for the combination of data from multiple sources,
were applied to analyze 106 reports of the treatment of displaced fractures of the femoral …

Background: The optimal choice for the stabilization of displaced femoral neck fractures
remains controversial, with alternatives including arthroplasty and internal fixation. Our …

Background The treatment of displaced femoral neck fractures has long been debated. 14
randomized controlled studies (RCTs) comparing internal fixation with primary arthroplasty …

Background Displaced intracapsular fractures may be treated by either reduction and
internal fixation, which preserves the femoral head, or by replacement of the femoral head …

OBJECTIVES. This study was undertaken to examine the patterns of treatment and survival
among elderly Americans with hip fracture. METHODS. A 5% national sample of Medicare …

Hip fractures remain a major source of morbidity and mortality in the elderly, and their
incidence is increasing as the population ages. Surgical management followed by early …

The Garden classification of femoral neck fractures is used most commonly in the literature.
However, there is difficulty in differentiating the four types of fractures as shown by studies of …

Introduction There have been a number of non-randomized studies comparing arthroplasty
with internal fixation in patients with femoral neck fractures. However, there remains …