The treatment goal of any open fracture is to make sure that the wound is cleaned early, the fracture is stabilized, and all measures are taken to prevent a deep infection postoperatively.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Every 6-hour delay in debridement increased the probability of infection in patients with open femoral and ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. NEW YORK — In a retrospective review of 56 patients with ...

Femoral neck fractures are intracapsular fractures. The capsule is the area that contains the fluid that lubricates and nourishes the hip joint. Fractures in this area are categorized based on the ...

This interesting study shows that the incidence of more rare femoral fractures such as subtrochanteric fractures was stable from 1996 to 2006, although the overall incidence of hip fracture 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 Traditional ...

The top of your femur and part of your pelvic bone meet to form your hip. A broken hip is usually a fracture in the upper portion of your femur, or thigh bone. A joint is a point where two or more ...

Sharon Brennan-Olsen is funded by a Career Development Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. She is the Treasurer of the Australian and New Zealand Society for ...

Older adults who live in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods spend significantly fewer days at home in the year after a ...