Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
Relative Incidence of Fracture Neck of Femur and Intertrochanteric Fractures in Elderly Men and Women- A Cross Sectional Study
Dr. Ramachandra N. Badami, Dr. Naveen P.R, Dr. Narayan Naik, Dr. Chaitanya P.R
JCDR. 2023: 40-43
Abstract
Background: With the rapidly aging population, number of hip fractures is expected to increase over next decades. With increasing age risk of intertrochanteric fractures is more than neck of femur fractures. Current study aims at deriving the relative incidence of intertrochanteric fracture and fracture neck of femur in men and women above 60 years.
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