Among surgically treated patients, 73.3% had fractures of the head or neck of the femur, and 40.2% had moderate to severe dementia. The nonsurgically treated fractures were 78.5% pertrochanteric.

Despite the risk of subsequent fractures in patients with osteoporosis, only approximately 20% of patients nationally receive ...

As populations are aging, the incidence of osteoporotic fractures is also increasing, [] representing a major public health problem and a substantial burden to healthcare services. [] For example ...

LAS VEGAS — A patient-specific screening tool successfully identified risk factors for periprosthetic femur fracture among patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty, according to presented ...

The FDA and the manufacturer were alerted to Profemur titanium hips breaking inside U.S. patients as of 2005. It took 15 years to recall the devices. Many fractures could have been avoided.

At least numerically, patients who had suffered previous fractures saw greater reductions in risk for new ones when taking TNF inhibitors, compared with those without such history (OR 0.59, 95% CI ...

Hip fracture surgery results in challenges in mobility and self-care, ... Making those reviews standard would be a positive step to improve patients’ quality of life, ...

Hip fracture patients are more than twice as likely to die at some hospitals, a study has found. The proportion of patients who die within 30 days of fracturing their hip varies from 3.7 per cent ...