Femoral neck fractures and peritrochanteric fractures are equally prevalent and make up over 90 percent of proximal femur fractures. The femoral neck is the most common location for a hip fracture.

Intraoperative imaging of open reduction and internal fixation of right femoral neck fracture shown includes AP fluoroscopic image with a slight varus deformity (a), AP fluoroscopic image ...

Treatment of Ipsilateral Femoral Neck and Shaft Fractures Kenneth A. Egol, MD, and Kenneth J. Koval, MD, Fracture Service, The Hospital for Joint Diseases, Orthopaedic Institute, New York, NY.

An intertrochanteric fracture is a specific type of hip fracture. “Intertrochanteric” means “between the trochanters,” which are bony protrusions on the femur (thighbone). They’re the ...

Winquist and colleagues [1] reported that 16.5% of 520 femoral shaft fractures were open. Of those, 88.4% were type I, according to the Gustilo-Anderson classification of open fractures [2, 3]: ...

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 ...

Stress fractures, which can affect long-distance runners, can occur in the femoral neck. Fractures of the femoral head are rare but may result from a high-impact injury.