Hip fracture pattern at a major Tanzanian referral hospital: focus on fragility hip fractures

ConclusionWe concluded that men and women contributed almost equally to the fragility hip fracture burden. The dominant cause of hip fractures overall was low-energy injuries. There was an increase in proportions of fragility hip fractures in the period of January 2011 to December 2015.
Source: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research