We conducted a multicentre study, divided into a retrospective and a prospective portion. The retrospective study evaluated osteoporotic hip fractures that occurred during 2002. The prospective study evaluated osteoporotic hip fractures that occurred during May 2003. The study was conducted in 77 hospitals in Spain and comprised patients 60 years of age and over. In the retrospective study we registered 13,195 hip fractures. Of the patients, 74% were women and 26% were men. The mean age was 80.7±8.4 years. The average incidence was 6.94±0.44 hip fractures per 1,000 inhabitants/year (95% CI, 6.07-7.82). In the prospective study, we registered 1,399 hip fractures. This represents a monthly incidence of 0.60±0.04 hip fractures per 1,000 inhabitants/year (95% CI, 0.51-0.69). Of the subjects, 74% were women and 26% were men. The mean age was 81.4±8

Twelve cases of recurrent dislocation of the elbow have been studied with special reference to the cause of instability, the operative findings and the results of treatment. We consider the major cause to be insufficiency of the posterolateral capsule and ligaments, and therefore the best treatment is a posterolateral capsulorraphy.

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