Hip fractures in older adults can lead to serious complications, disability and even death. Traditionally, orthopedic surgeons have repaired a common fracture of the upper part of the thigh bone, or ...

There are statistics about what happens when you break your hip ... do and most of those you know are people with either very low scores, very high risk, or they've clearly had a fracture.

So we are opening now… Today we're using a posterolateral approach, probably one of the most common ... a fracture. So what we're trying to do is make sure we're good and stable, that the hip ...

The complications from this injury can cause life-threatening problems. One of the most common reasons behind hip fractures is tripping and falling. Older individuals are more likely to fall ...

More severe acute pain trajectories led to greater opioid consumption and longer hospitalization among older patients with fragility hip fractures.

Patients over the age of 50 have an increased risk of mortality following hip fracture, which is dependent on factors such as health and post-fracture comorbidities. Findings from a meta-analysis ...

The FRAX tool demonstrated good discrimination overall but underestimated fracture risk among certain patients with diabetes, including Hispanic women and Black men.