Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is a type of surgery used to repair broken bones that need to be put back together. During the surgery, some form of hardware is used to hold the bone in ...

People living with dementia who had hip fractures treated with surgery lived longer than those who didn’t have surgery, a new study finds. Choosing to undergo surgery can be a complicated decision for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite improvements in procedural efficiency and length of stay, hospital charges and payments have increased ...

It turns out there’s an optimal time for doctors to begin surgically repairing a hip fracture in people on blood thinners or anticoagulants. It’s about the 20-hour mark after the fracture occurs, ...

The study included over 600 patients aged 50 or older who underwent surgery for a common type of hip fracture - fracture of the femoral neck. Patients were drawn from the recently completed FAITH ...

The University of Southern California has been approved for $10.8 million in research funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to compare approaches to treating older adults ...