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  2. Hip fracture - Wikipedia

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    Approximately 90% of hip fractures are attributed to falls from standing height. [62] Given the high morbidity and mortality associated with hip fractures and the cost to the health system, in England and Wales, the National Hip Fracture Database is a mandatory nationwide audit of care and treatment of all hip fractures. [63]

  3. Hip Pain: The Most Common Causes & How to Prevent It - AOL

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    A hip fracture is when you break the ball of your hip or your femur (where the thigh bone meets the hip). ... Treatment. Hip pain relief and hip pain treatment depend on the underlying cause of ...

  4. Femoral fracture - Wikipedia

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    Fractures of the diaphysis, or middle of the femur, are managed differently from those at the head, neck, and trochanter; those are conventionally called hip fractures (because they involve the hip joint region). Thus, mentions of femoral fracture in medicine usually refer implicitly to femoral fractures at the shaft or distally.

  5. Traction (orthopedics) - Wikipedia

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    Buck's traction, involving skin traction. It is widely used for femoral fractures, low back pain, acetabular fractures and hip fractures. [2] Skin traction rarely causes fracture reduction, but reduces pain and maintains the length of the bone. [2] Dunlop's traction – humeral fractures in children; Russell's traction; Halo-gravity traction

  6. Hip dislocation - Wikipedia

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    Posterior dislocations is when the femoral head lies posteriorly after dislocation. [5] It is the most common pattern of dislocation accounting for 90% of hip dislocations, [5] and those with an associated fracture are categorized by the Thompson and Epstein classification system, the Stewart and Milford classification system, and the Pipkin system (when associated with femoral head fractures).

  7. Hip replacement - Wikipedia

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    Hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced by a prosthetic implant, that is, a hip prosthesis. [1] Hip replacement surgery can be performed as a total replacement or a hemi/semi(half) replacement. Such joint replacement orthopaedic surgery is generally conducted to relieve arthritis pain or in some hip fractures.

  8. Pelvic fracture - Wikipedia

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    A pelvic fracture is a break of the bony structure of the pelvis. [1] This includes any break of the sacrum, hip bones (ischium, pubis, ilium), or tailbone. [1] Symptoms include pain, particularly with movement. [1] Complications may include internal bleeding, injury to the bladder, or vaginal trauma. [2] [3]

  9. Nancy Pelosi Hospitalized Overseas After Apparent Hip Fracture

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    WASHINGTON — House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) reportedly fractured her hip while traveling in Luxembourg and is currently in the hospital. Pelosi’s office said only that she ...

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