Clinical profile of patients with acute fracture neck of femur

Abstract

Femoral neck fractures and pertrochanteric fractures are of approximately equal incidence and together make up over 90% of the proximal femur fractures and the remaining 5-10% is subtrochanteric. The femoral neck fractures are only 2% in patients with age under 50 years. After 50 years, the incidence is doubled for each subsequent decade and it is 2 to 3 times higher in women than in men. The overall annual age-standardized rates of femoral neck fractures are higher among white women than among black women. A prospective study was conducted on patients with acute fracture neck of femur aged above 60 years treated with THA in the Department of Orthopedics. Clearance from the institutional ethics committee was obtained before the study was started. An informed, written and bilingual consent was obtained before the study was started. About 40% of study subjects presented to the hospital at 2 -5 days, 35% presented on 1 st day, 17.5% presented on 6 -10 days and 7.5% presented after 10 days of fracture.

The need of routine histopathological examination of resected head of femur after hemiarthroplasty: An observational study

“…In our study we found female 28(58.33%) to be affected more than the males. It is consistent with the findings observed by Reddy et al who found 57.5% female patients in his study of 40 patients [1] . The most common mode of injury in our study was due to fall at home 19(67.85%) in females.…”

“…The incidence of femoral neck fractures are only 2% in patients with age less than 50 years. After 50 years, the incidence is doubled for each subsequent decade and it is 2 to 3 times higher in women than in men [1] . These intracapsular fractures are historically grouped under pathological fracture because of some underlying metabolic disease in which osteoporosis being the most common entity.…”