Femoral neck fracture is the most common cause of revision after hip resurfacing arthroplasty, and women undergoing the procedure had significantly higher revision rates compared with men ...

Following arthroscopic femoroplasty, femoral neck fracture was rare, but most commonly occurred in women and in patients older than 50 years, according to study results.Researchers administered a ...

Among the men and women, 88.9% and 87.2% were White, 49.2% and 71.5% had no history of hip fracture after age 50 years, and 66.4% and 65.9% had no falls in the past year, respectively.

The estimated number of hip fractures worldwide will rise from 1.7 million in 1990 to 6.3 million in 2050. 2 Femoral neck fractures represent approximately 50% of these cases. 3 ...

Femoral neck fracture is a type of hip fracture common in elderly, osteoporotic women. In younger persons, it may occur with unaccustomed strenuous activity or due to cancer.

The femoral neck, the area just below the ball of the hip's ball-and-socket joint, is the most common site of fracture, accounting for 45 to 53 percent of cases.

Mortality and morbidity after hip fracture are high and, as a result, a number of professional bodies and government initiatives have targeted these vulnerable patients (Royal College of Physicians, ...

Sydney Fitzpatrick had everything going against her. Eighteen months ago, she suffered a femoral neck stress fracture in her hip, which kept her out of work for four months and from ...