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A person's health conditions like balance, stability and the ability to walk also affects the risk of falling and getting fracture. The older you are, the time it takes for your body to heal. "The hip ...

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For older adults undergoing hemiarthroplasty for hip fracture, intraoperative use ... reports a study in Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. "Use of liposomal bupivacaine is not associated with ...

Background Proximal femoral fractures in older adults affect prognosis, quality of life and medical expenses. Therefore, ...

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, General Hospital of Jinan Military Command, 250031 Jinan, China. 2 Research on 2013 stage doctoral student of TCM Orthopaedics, Shandong University of ...