Hip Fractures: A Practical Guide to Management

As the population of elderly people has increased, so to has the incid ence of hip fracture. While injuries to the hips are common, they can be quite complicated and require both surgical and non-surgical approa ches to treatment and management. Joseph Zuckerman, MD, Chairman, Depa rtment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Kenneth Koval, MD, Chief, Fracture S ervice, both of the prestigious Hospital for Joint Diseases in New Yor k, in this new volume address the issues, complications, and treatment s that face both the hip specialist and the general orthopaedic surgeo n. Over 500 line drawings and photographs anaylze and explain the vari ous types of hip fractures including fractures of the femoral neck, in tertrochanteric fractures and subtrochanteric fractures.