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Hip Fractures

Known as: HIP FRACTURE, broken hips, fractured hip 
Traumatic or pathological injury to the hip in which the continuity of either the femoral head, femoral neck, intertrochanteric or subtrochanteric… 
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Femoral Neck FracturesIntertrochanteric FracturesSubtrochanteric FracturesTROCHANTERIC FEMUR FRACTURE

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FractureHip Injuries
Fracture of pelvisIn BloodMicrobiologicalchemically induced

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2002
2002
Femur bone mineral density, age and fracture type in 300 hip-fractured women
Background and aims: Several studies showed that cervical and trochanteric hip fractures were associated with different levels of… 
1992
1992
Major Surgery in Nursing Home Patients: Procedures, Morbidity, and Mortality in the Frailest of the Frail Elderly
To determine the surgical procedures being done on long‐term care (level 2) nursing home residents and the resultant in‐hospital… 
1992
1992
Increasing incidence of hip fracture in Crete.
In Crete, 459 patients with a hip fracture were treated during 1986 and studied prospectively. The female/male and trochanteric… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Pitfalls of bone scintigraphy in suspected hip fractures.
In a review of 2617 patients who were admitted with a suspected fractured neck of femur over a period of five years, 213 had… 
1989
1989
Surgical Repair of Hip Fractures Using Continuous Spinal Anesthesia: Comparison of Hypobaric Solutions of Tetracaine and Bupivacaine
The aim of this study was to compare hypobaric solutions of tetracaine and bupivacaine in 30 geriatric patients undergoing… 
1987
1987
Bone scanning for suspected hip fractures. A prospective study in elderly patients.
Of 693 elderly patients admitted with suspected hip fractures, 43 had normal radiographs and were investigated by isotope bone… 
1986
1986
Ipsilateral hip and femoral shaft fractures.
Over a 20-year period, 24 patients were treated for ipsilateral hip and femoral shaft fractures. The majority of the hip… 
1985
1985
Bone density in women with spinal and hip fractures.
Bone density in the lumbar spine and distal radius of 98 postmenopausal women was measured by quantitative computed tomography… 
Review
1975
Review
1975
Treatment of intracapsular hip fractures by the Deyerle method. A comparative review of one hundred and nineteen cases.
In a retrospective review of 119 intracapsular hip fractures treated by the Deyerle method (seventy-nine patients treated at San… 
1961
1961
Concomitant unilateral hip and femoral-shaft fractures--a too frequently unrecognized syndrome. Report of five cases.
Five cases of concomitant unilateral fractures of the hip and the femoral shaft are reported. In four of these and in two of the…