Performing early surgery on elderly hip fracture patients reduces the risk of death by 19 percent, a new study finds. Performing early surgery on elderly hip fracture patients reduces the risk of ...

A new study published in the journal of BMC Surgery revealed that longer waiting times before hip fracture surgery were ...

August 15, 2011 — In patients with hip fracture, the association between late surgery and worse outcomes is mostly explained by medical reasons for surgical delay, according to the results of a ...

Hemiarthroplasty for the reconstruction of the proximal femur offered most patients durable reconstruction and the rate of conversion to total hip arthroplasty was low, according to recently published ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Surgeons should aim to prevent intraoperative femur fractures by identifying high-risk patients and surgical ...

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Sunday evening that surgery to repair a fracture in his femur was “completely successful” and that he’s planning to return to the Senate for votes “next week.” ...

Parkinson's disease, osteoarthritis, rheumatic diseases, alcoholism and mental health disorders increase the risk of surgical complications after a hip fracture surgery, a new study analyzing ...

Don't call the protective cone around the dog's neck a "cone of shame." The 3-year-old terrier mix who was likely hit by a car had successful femoral fracture repair surgery last week and is now ...

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Sunday evening that surgery to repair a fracture in his femur was "completely successful" and that he's planning to return to the Senate for votes "next week." ...