Though anyone can fracture their femoral neck, it’s considerably more common in elderly adults who have poor bone density. More than 90 percent of these fractures occur in people older than 50.

A 26-year-old man who was in a motorcycle crash arrived at the ED with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3T. Following stabilization in the trauma bay, trauma scans were obtained.The patient sustained ...

Femoral shaft fractures are best classified according to their location -- proximal, middle, or distal thirds -- and by the description of the fracture (ie, short oblique, spiral, or transverse ...

Initial trauma slot anteroposterior (AP) radiograph revealed a right supra-foveal femoral head fracture-dislocation with an ipsilateral transcervical femoral neck fracture and a transverse ...

A recent large trial (Fixation Alternatives in the Treatment of Hip Fractures [FAITH]), in which 1079 patients with a femoral-neck fracture (729 patients with a nondisplaced fracture and 350 with ...

VOL. 232 NO. 1 Abstract Presentation of Case First admission. A fifty-five-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with an impacted fracture of the neck of the right femur.

Treatment of Ipsilateral Femoral Neck and Shaft Fractures Kenneth A. Egol, MD, and Kenneth J. Koval, MD, Fracture Service, The Hospital for Joint Diseases, Orthopaedic Institute, New York, NY.