Nonoperative Geriatric Hip Fracture Treatment Is Associated With Increased Mortality: A Matched Cohort Study.

Objective: To report the mortality data and life expectancy of geriatric hip fracture patients who underwent nonoperative management and compare that with a matched operative cohort.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Level 1 trauma center.

Orthogonal plating of Vancouver B1 and C-type periprosthetic femur fracture nonunions.

Background: Periprosthetic femoral shaft fractures are a significant complication after total hip arthroplasty (THA). Plate osteosynthesis has been the mainstay of treatment around well-fixed stems. Nonunions are a rare and challenging complication of this fixation method.

Percutaneous in Situ Fixation of Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis.

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), a common cause of adolescent hip pain, is a displacement of the femoral head through the proximal femoral physis. The exact etiology of SCFE is unknown, but both biochemical and biomechanical factors, including obesity, femoral retroversion, increased physeal obliquity, puberty, and endocrinopathies, play a role. Patients often present with hip, groin, or knee pain and an antalgic gait.