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 neck fractures are common in older adults, especially those with bones that have been weakened by other medical conditions. Read about the most common causes, as well as treatments, pain ...

A 35-year-old man presented to our institution 6 weeks after a motorcycle collision. During this accident, he sustained a right femoral shaft fracture that was managed with closed reduction and ...

Femoral-neck fractures may be nondisplaced (i.e., very little separation at the fracture site, occurring in approximately one third of femoral-neck fractures) or displaced (i.e., greater separation).

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 ...

From 2006 to 2020, 709 total hip replacement cases (199 cemented, 510 cementless) for femoral neck fractures were studied at three big academic institutions: The Hospital for Special Surgery ...

Kevin K. Kang, M.D., from Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York City, and colleagues randomly assigned 50 patients with an isolated intracapsular femoral neck fracture and treated with ...

Did you know that certain medications can cause symptom of 'Femoral neck fracture'. Find these drugs listed on the page and be warned of similar symptoms as possible side-effects.

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 ...

A Pauwels 1 is a fracture of the femoral neck in which the fracture line is 30° from the horizontal. A Pauwels 2 forms a 50° angle with the horizontal, and a Pauwels 3 is a nearly vertical ...