Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . KOLOA, Hawaii — Using dynamic hip screws and intramedullary nails may be the best treatment for some displaced ...

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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 ...

Prior to initiation, our study was approved by McMaster University/Hamilton Health Sciences Research Ethic Board (REB: 11–169). Briefly, a panel of six reviewers, equally comprised of orthopedic ...

A 72-year-old woman fell as she was getting out of bed at a nursing home. She complained of right hip pain and was referred to the emergency room for further evaluation. As the orthopaedist on call, ...

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), ...

The fracture was reduced by a suitable method, a modified Leadbetter maneuver or, in the cases of some intertrochanteric fractures, traction with internal or external rotation. X-ray films taken with ...

Regional Anesthesia Linked to Better Hip Fracture Outcomes Regional anesthesia is associated with a lower risk of death and pulmonary complications compared with general anesthesia in patients ...

SEATTLE -- GLP-1 receptor agonist use was tied with a reduced risk for fracture among older women with type 2 diabetes, a retrospective cohort study found. Among over 350,000 GLP-1 users, there was a ...