Hip fracture prevention strategies can be broken up into components of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.

They have been used in secondary and tertiary prevention.

So called tertiary prevention - paediatric surgery - can provide an almost 100% effective solution in at least another 25% of cases.

It is often said that most congenital abnormalities are untreatable, but this overlooks the great contribution of tertiary prevention, and surgical techniques are constantly improving.

Lastly, tertiary prevention is the treatment of an existing symptomatic disease process to ameliorate its effects or delay its progress.

Our findings show the high frequency with which tertiary prevention (early paediatric surgery) results in a complete recovery with no or minimal after effects.

Finally, tertiary prevention aims to reduce the duration and severity of the disease which is established.

Until recently, this approach has been relatively neglected in the field, with the majority of resources directed towards secondary or tertiary prevention.

Parker then defines tertiary prevention in terms close to the public health idea of rehabilitative services:

They are based on established principles of public health; including primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention, and may include a range of activities.