Femur Neck Fracture Symptoms

What are Femur Neck Fracture Symptoms?
- The first symptom, the most obvious, of course, is the sharp pain in the upper thigh and the pelvis.
- The victim can not walk.
- Sometimes the leg is deformed in the pelvis.


The fracture of the femoral neck usually occurs after trauma. In the elderly, it can be very minor, it is most often a simple fall of his own height.

If the bone breaks so easily, it is often due to osteoporosis, which occurs after menopause: the bones are less able than before to fix the calcium and become brittle, breaking easily at the slightest touch . The femoral head is already weaker than the rest of the skeleton in normal and becomes more vulnerable.

The treatment is almost always surgical. Several options exist:
- Installation of a prosthesis or part of the hip. It involves replacing the joint with pelvis-femur "bones" artificial metal. The operation often takes place an epidural, sometimes under general anesthesia. This is the most frequently chosen, particularly in the elderly, whose bones are repaired more slowly.
- The osteosynthesis involves the installation of nails, screws and sometimes plates to stabilize the fracture, which will then consolidate all alone. Rather, it is recommended for active people, a good prognosis.The femur is the thigh bone of a human being. At the top of the femur, one can distinguish the femoral head, femoral neck, the greater trochanter and lesser trochanter. The fracture of the femoral neck is a generic name given to all types of fractures affecting the upper end. Moreover, one third of fractures of the femur only interested in reality the neck, the other two thirds relate to the trochanters. The fracture of the femoral neck may also be referred to as "hip fracture", "femoral fracture" or "fracture of the upper end of the hip." The fracture of the femoral neck occurs most often in older persons, especially women, taking age, are prone to osteoporosis. This disease weakening bones promote the risk of fracture of the femoral neck. Then a simple fall to a lower height could cause a fracture but it can also be spontaneous. Among younger people, the fracture is usually due to severe trauma such as what would happen in a car accident, a fall from a high place or a sports accident.