Hip fracture

external

• Synonyms

  • Fracture neck of femur

• Causes

  • Fall in elderly
  • Osteoporosis
  • Pathological fracture
  • Paget disease
  • Osteopetrosis
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta
  • Osteomalacia

• Effects

  • Prolonged immobilisation
  • Delirium

• Parents

  • Fracture

• Children

  • Intracapsular fracture neck of femur
  • Extracapsular fracture neck of femur

• Description

  • "10% die within 1 month 30% within 12 months. Most deaths due to associated comorbidities and not just to the fracture itself"