Kristina Schmidt, 24, developed agonizing pain in her right hip that “felt like someone was tearing her leg off” and ...

Hip fractures in older adults can lead to serious complications, disability and even death. Traditionally, orthopaedic ...

As the mean age of hip fracture patients is rising, anemia is common in this population. Allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT) and anemia have been pointed out as possible risk factors for poorer ...

A new $10.8 million multicenter clinical trial co-led by Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH, an Associate Professor of Orthopaedics ...

The University of Southern California has been approved for $10.8 million in research funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to compare approaches to treating older adults ...

Surgeons should aim to prevent intraoperative femur fractures by identifying high-risk patients and surgical risk factors. Sound change during broaching is key to know when to stop. KOLOA ...

To determine whether anemia at admission and perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT ... day readmission rate in surgically treated hip fracture patients, aged 65 years and older.