Surgical treatment and management of hip fracture patients

Osteoporosis-related hip fractures are associated with high mortality and costs. The optimum type of treatment for such fractures is controversial. To shed some light on this issue, the surgical treatment and management of osteoporotic hip fractures were discussed during a hip fracture surgical working group at the 2009 International Society For Fracture Repair Annual Meeting comprising leading experts in the field. Antonio Moroni, Martha Hoque, James P. Waddell, Thomas A. Russell, Burkhard Wippermann and Gary DiGiovanni. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. {Epub ahead of print] Dec 2011. PDF