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

Background Proximal femoral fractures in older adults affect prognosis, quality of life and medical expenses. Therefore, ...

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.

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% ...

and for which fracture data were compiled, revealed that bone mineral density at the femoral neck and lumbar spine was maintained but without a consistent reduction in fracture rate. In addition ...

Patients on GLP-1s for type 2 diabetes had a lower incidence of hip fracture vs. those on other antidiabetic drugs. Femoral neck fracture incidence was lower in the GLP-1 group vs. other ...

People with the bone disease osteoporosis who break their femoral neck bones die about as often as people with malignant cancer. One doctor warns of ...

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 ...