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Neck of Femur Fractures; Roadside to Resus
The Resus Room
The Femoral Neck Is the Worst Part of the Hip Joint
So why do we see so many hip fractures? Well, like Simon and the recess room, there has to be a weak point somewhere. And so the femoral neck is the weakest part of the femur. Now why is that? Well, primarily it's because it joins those other two key anatomical parts of the Femur, the head and the shaft. That junctional location between those two other points makes it much more vulnerable to stress than the other regions. So what are the risk factors behind getting these hip fractures? Yeah cheers Jim Boats. We need to think about weakness, balance abnormalities or things like neurological disease such as Parkinson's,. Poor visual acuity, poor alcohol use
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