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Fracture, Hip: Multimedia

Author: Moira Davenport, MD, Attending Physician, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital
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Updated: Apr 23, 2009

Multimedia

Shenton line and angular anatomy of the femur.Media file 1: Shenton line and angular anatomy of the femur.
Shenton line and angular anatomy of the femur.

Shenton line and angular anatomy of the femur.

Femoral head fractures. Top diagram is a single-f...Media file 2: Femoral head fractures. Top diagram is a single-fragment femoral head fracture. Bottom diagram is a comminuted femoral head fracture.
Femoral head fractures. Top diagram is a single-f...

Femoral head fractures. Top diagram is a single-fragment femoral head fracture. Bottom diagram is a comminuted femoral head fracture.

Femoral neck fractures. Top diagram is a nondispl...Media file 3: Femoral neck fractures. Top diagram is a nondisplaced, or incomplete, femoral neck fracture. Bottom diagram is an impacted femoral neck fracture.
Femoral neck fractures. Top diagram is a nondispl...

Femoral neck fractures. Top diagram is a nondisplaced, or incomplete, femoral neck fracture. Bottom diagram is an impacted femoral neck fracture.

Partially displaced femoral neck fracture.Media file 4: Partially displaced femoral neck fracture.
Partially displaced femoral neck fracture.

Partially displaced femoral neck fracture.

Completely displaced femoral neck fracture.Media file 5: Completely displaced femoral neck fracture.
Completely displaced femoral neck fracture.

Completely displaced femoral neck fracture.

Trochanteric fractures. Top diagram is a nondispl...Media file 6: Trochanteric fractures. Top diagram is a nondisplaced trochanteric fracture. Bottom diagram is a displaced trochanteric fracture.
Trochanteric fractures. Top diagram is a nondispl...

Trochanteric fractures. Top diagram is a nondisplaced trochanteric fracture. Bottom diagram is a displaced trochanteric fracture.

Intertrochanteric fractures. Top diagram is a sin...Media file 7: Intertrochanteric fractures. Top diagram is a single fracture line intertrochanteric fracture. Bottom diagram is a displaced, or multiple fracture line, intertrochanteric fracture.
Intertrochanteric fractures. Top diagram is a sin...

Intertrochanteric fractures. Top diagram is a single fracture line intertrochanteric fracture. Bottom diagram is a displaced, or multiple fracture line, intertrochanteric fracture.

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References

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Further Reading

Keywords

hip fracture, fracture of the hip, femoral head fractures, femoral neck fractures, intertrochanteric fractures, trochanteric fractures, subtrochanteric fractures, hip joint, iliofemoral ligament, pubofemoral ligament, ischiofemoral ligament, avascular necrosis, intracapsular fracture, extracapsular fracture, anterior dislocation, posterior dislocation, single fragment fracture, comminuted fracture, stress fracture, incomplete fracture, impacted fracture, partially displaced fracture, completely displaced fracture, single fracture lines, multiple fracture lines, nondisplaced fracture

Contributor Information and Disclosures

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Moira Davenport, MD, Attending Physician, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital
Moira Davenport, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Francis Counselman, MD, Program Director, Chair, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School
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John D Halamka, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School; Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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