Fig. 2.1 Age-standardised hip fracture incidence rates (/100,000) for some representative countries Regarding the site usually affected by hip fracture, in the United States, femoral neck and intertrochanteric fractures are…
Fig. 7.1 Timeline of functional capacity after hip fracture with traditional anaesthetic care (blue line) vs proactive multidisciplinary care (red line) The preoperative phase describes the period from fracture to…
Age Female sex Low body-mass index Previous fragility fracture, particularly of the hip, wrist and spine Parental history of hip fracture Glucocorticoid treatment (≥5 mg prednisolone daily or equivalent for…
Physical activity METs Sitting reading/watching television 1.0 Washing and dressing 2.1 Walking slowly on flat 2.3 Gentle housework 2.5 Walking a small dog (3 km//h) 2.7 Light static cycling/Bowling 3.0…
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA Electronic supplementary material The online version of this chapter (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39694-1_23) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users….
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA Electronic supplementary material The online version of this chapter (doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39694-1_24) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users….
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA Fig. 25.1 Right Horner’s syndrome: ptosis (drooping of the upper lid) and miosis (smaller pupil). In the setting of…
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA 12.1 Case Presentation A 32-year-old male complains of a painful mass in the right anterior chest wall. He has…
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA 18.1 Case Presentation A 33-year-old female presents with a 2-month history of left anterior thigh pain. The pain is…
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA 10.1 Case Presentation A 70-year-old diabetic male complains of pain and numbness in the lateral three fingers of both…
