Results showed white patients were more likely to undergo total hip arthroplasty for displaced femoral neck fracture compared ...

GLP-1 agonists may be protective against hip fracture when administered for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, according to ...

Alendronate has been shown to increase bone mineral density (BMD) and decrease fracture risk in postmenopausal ... BMD (total hip, femoral neck, trochanter, or lumbar spine) was roughly 2% ...

Few studies have assessed its use following hip fracture surgery. The new clinical trial enrolled 50 older adults undergoing hip hemiarthroplasty for isolated intracapsular femoral neck fractures.

One common type of hip fracture, a femoral neck fracture, involves the neck of the femur bone in the upper thigh. One in five femoral neck fractures is minimally displaced, meaning the bone is ...

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, General Hospital of Jinan Military Command, 250031 Jinan, China. 2 Research on 2013 stage doctoral student of TCM Orthopaedics, Shandong University of ...

Femoral neck fractures are very common ... When an older adult has this type of broken hip, does fixing the fracture or replacing the hip best reduce death, maintain their ability to walk ...