A 26-year-old man who was in a motorcycle crash arrived at the ED with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3T. Following stabilization in the trauma bay, trauma scans were obtained. Steven D. Jones Jr.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Compared with internal fixation of minimally displaced fractures, arthroplasty may reduce the risks ...

Femoral neck BMD had better prognostic power for 5-year hip fracture risk than the FRAX and Garvan models among adults aged 80 years and older. The incorporation of femoral neck bone mineral density ...

Scientists at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) have made a great leap forward in predicting the risk of hip fracture among women due to osteoporosis. They have discovered that it is not necessary to ...

Your femur connects many important muscles, tendons, and ligaments in your hips and knees to the other parts of your body, including parts of the circulatory system. More than that, it helps you carry ...

Bipolar hemiarthroplasty (BHA) is a surgical treatment for femoral neck fractures of the hip. An artificial joint with two bearings replaces the damaged joint. The bearings allow the head to swivel ...

About one in five American women 50 and older have osteoporosis, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data showed. In cross-sectional survey data from 2017-2018, 19.6% of this ...

The following text summarizes information provided in the video. Hip pain is reported frequently by patients of all ages. Although hip pain is common, the hip joint is complex, which can make it ...

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a condition where the head of the thigh bone slips off the neck of the bone at the growth plate. The growth plate is the area of cartilage at the end of the ...

Bone mineral density (BMD) of the total hip is a better predictor of most osteoporotic fractures than either the lumbar spine or particular hip components, Canadian researchers have found. However, ...