Effects of anticoagulants on outcome of femoral neck fracture surgery.

Purpose: To review records of 330 patients who underwent surgery for femoral neck fractures with or without preoperative anticoagulation therapy.

Methods: Medical records of 235 women and 95 men aged 48 to 103 years (mean, 81.6; standard deviation [SD], 13.

Hospital mortality after arthroplasty using a cemented stem for displaced femoral neck fractures.

Purpose: To review hospital mortality after hemiarthroplasty or total hip arthroplasty (THA) using a cemented stem for displaced femoral neck fractures.

Methods: Medical records of 284 hips in 70 men and 209 women aged 45 to 106 (mean, 81.3) years who underwent hemiarthroplasty (n=232) or THA (n=52) with a cemented stem using third-generation cementing techniques (including use of a plug, lavage, and cement pressurisation) for displaced femoral neck fractures were retrospectively reviewed.

Management of penile fracture.

Background: Penile fracture is not a frequent event. It consists of rupture of the tunica albuginea of the corpora cavernosa. Fracture occurs when the penis is erect, as the tunica is very thin and not flexible.