Hip fracture
Hip fractures occur as a result of major or minor trauma. In elderly patients with bones weakened by osteoporosis, relatively little trauma, even walking, may result in a hip fracture.
Review Date: 08/04/2008
Reviewed By: Elizabeth H. Holt, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Yale University. Also
reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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