New research to identify factors associated with improved outcomes for older adults recovering from hip fractures found a ...

Older patients who underwent hip fracture surgery with either regional anesthesia without sedation or general anesthesia experienced similar incidences of postoperative cognitive decline.

AST/ALT ratio may predict 1-year mortality in elderly patients operated for femoral neck fracture suggests a study published ...

Holmgren's injury is a right iliac wing fracture, a rare injury that occurs in the hip. Holmren suffered the injury early in the first quarter of Oklahoma City's meeting with Golden State on Nov. 10.

With intraoperative femur fractures on the rise, surgeons should aim to prevent these fractures from occurring by identifying high-risk patients and surgical risk factors, according to a presenter ...

Among people with dementia, the predicted one-year mortality was 35.4% in those with hip fracture compared to 14.8% in those without the injury, the data showed.

Intramedullary (IM) rods are used to align and stabilize fractures. IM rods are inserted into the bone marrow canal in the center of the long bones of the extremities. They may be used in the femur ...

Hip replacement surgery is an elective treatment that people can choose ... Outcomes of Hemiarthroplasty and Total Hip Arthroplasty for Femoral Neck Fracture: A Medicare Cohort Study. J Orthop Trauma.

Conclusions: Hip fractures, especially femoral neck fractures ... The most common surgical treatment for hip fracture was replacement surgery, forearm and humerus fractures internal fixation, ...

Smith fractured his left, non-shooting hand at shootaround before the Boston game and it will require surgery, coach Ime Udoka told reporters. How long he will be out will depend upon the surgery.

Inclusion criteria were defined as follows: (1) patients aged 65 years or older; (2) patients who received internal fixation for an intertrochanteric fracture or hemiarthroplasty for a femoral ...