Patients have twice the risk of inpatient complications and mortality after having a second, contralateral hip fracture ...

But new data indicate that the procedure is no panacea: 14% of patients who receive internal fixation eventually need another operation, such as a hip replacement.

Hip fractures in older adults can lead to serious ... produces better outcomes for patients ages 60 and older than simpler "internal fixation" that has been performed for decades.

Our team is trained in the latest techniques of minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis, intramedullary nailing, or external fixation (Ilizarov/Taylor Spatial Frame). We specialize in treating complex ...

Fractures of the vertebrae, the hip and the distal radius are the 'typical' osteoporotic fractures. They are associated with increased treatment cost, pain, morbidity and mortality. As populations ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510 (k) clearance to a bone fracture fixation system with locking ...