Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — The results of a retrospective review validated a protocol in which orthopedic trauma surgeons ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sliding hip screws may become the preferred device for stable peritrochanteric hip fractures based on recent ...

Patients who received intramedullary nails (IMNs) to repair trochanteric fractures reported no difference in health-related quality of life compared with those who received sliding hip screws (SHS), ...

A study published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Disease sought to find the answer. Interochanteric hip fractures accounted for around 7 percent of the osteoporotic fractures and cost around $6 ...

Extramedullary implants, such as sliding hip screws, have similar clinical outcomes to intramedullary devices. However, some studies have shown that intramedullary implants have a higher reoperation ...

Hip fractures affect 75,000 ­people a year in the UK. They can, however, be difficult to treat, mainly because they tend to occur in elderly patients whose bones have been softened by osteoporosis.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors recently approved Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for treatment and rehabilitation of elderly patients with hip fractures, in ...