A previously healthy 63-year-old female fell from a step ladder and sustained a left-sided hip fracture. She arrived through our emergency department and radiographs revealed a minimally displaced ...

By David L. Helfet, MD Breaks in the pelvis or acetabulum of the hip joint are among the most serious injuries treated by orthopedic surgeons. Often the result of a traumatic incident such as a motor ...

Resilience rates among older adults who sustained a hip fracture differed across health-related quality of life domains, and resilience across all domains was linked to lack of fall-risk ...

Neuraxial anesthesia vs general anesthesia for hip fracture procedures significantly reduced postoperative complications, critical care admissions, hospital readmissions, length of stay, costs, and ...

Patients over the age of 50 have an increased risk of mortality following hip fracture, which is dependent on factors such as health and post-fracture comorbidities. Findings from a meta-analysis ...

Resilience rates among older adults who sustained a hip fracture differed across health-related quality of life domains, and resilience across all domains was linked to lack of fall-risk-increasing ...

Department of Orthopedics, Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China Background: Hip fractures are catastrophic events with a significant risk of mortality, making early identification ...

A three-month layoff from a hip fracture was quite the traffic jam the 23-year-old was stuck in for his season, but he's finally back to the open road and flirting with 85 MPH. The Oklahoma City ...

Hip fractures, often a result of a fall, are the most serious type of osteoporotic fracture because they are accompanied by considerable pain, loss of muscle and bone strength, reduced mobility ...

Like angering The Hulk, Chet Holmgren's basketball superpowers have grown the deeper the Thunder have gone in the playoffs. A three-month layoff from a hip fracture was quite the traffic jam the ...

Recent research suggests that hip mechanics play a role in the development of this syndrome. Currently, there are no treatments that directly address the atypical mechanics associated with this injury ...