Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 26-year-old man who was in a motorcycle crash arrived at the ED with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3T.
Numerous options exist for the treatment of this complex injury pattern. Controversy exists as to which fracture to stabilize first and what hardware combination to use. The optimal timing of such ...
As the population ages, hip fractures are becoming an increasingly common presentation in emergency rooms. Among the elderly, low-energy falls that result in a fracture are most often the result of ...
Needham, MA.–JBJS Case Connector, an online case report journal published by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, has issued a "Watch" regarding femoral neck fractures in patients whose implants ...
Femoral neck BMD had better prognostic power for 5-year hip fracture risk than the FRAX and Garvan models among adults aged 80 years and older. The incorporation of femoral neck bone mineral density ...
Hip fractures are common in people with osteoporosis, particularly in the femoral neck. The femoral neck is a short, bony segment that connects the head of the femur (thigh bone) to the main shaft, ...
The patient is a 74-year-old man with a past medical history of hypertension who initially presented to an urgent care facility with left knee pain after falling directly onto his knee. At the urgent ...
Fracture of the ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft is primarily found in younger individuals, usually in their third or fourth decades, who have been involved in high-energy trauma. The overall ...