I also suffered an acetabular fracture of the right hip - a serious derailment, in other words - and an open femoral intertrochanteric fracture in the same area.

A hip fracture is a femoral fracture that occurs in the proximal end of the femur (the long bone running through the thigh), near the hip.

It is widely used for femoral fractures, low back pain, acetabular fractures and hip fractures.

Discussion In this study we have measured mRNA gene expression in female rats for six weeks after femoral fracture.

In 2000, following a femoral fracture, she became a full-time wheelchair user, and went to live in the Mortagne-au-Perche retirement home for the last two years of her life.

There are concerns of atypical femoral fractures and osteonecrosis of the jaw with long term use, but these risk are low.

Bone: Alendronate has been linked in long-term users to the development of low-impact femoral fractures.

In less than 5% of cases, the THR will malfunction through loosening of the acetabular cup or femoral fracture.

A femoral fracture is a bone fracture that involves the femur.