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Hip fracture

$Hip fracture$

Hip fractures occur as a result of major or minor trauma. In elderly patients with bones weakened by osteoporosis, relatively little trauma, even walking, may result in a hip fracture.

Update Date: 10/30/2007

Updated by: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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