Objectives: To evaluate survival after osteoporotic fractures of the upper femur and determine its associated factors.
Methods: Cross-sectional study of patients hospitalized for fractures of the upper end of the femur during 2020 at Monastir University Hospital. Outcome was determined up to 2 years.
Osteomyelites, bone infections of a hematogenous origin, are rare in the pelvis (2.3%) and are extremely rare in the ischium. Ischiatic osteomyelitis is usually found in children and adolescents, but has rarely been described in adults.
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