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Orthopaedics Pelvis & Injuries 663e1ee6

The commonest hip injury in the elderly patients is:

A
Stress fracture
B
Extracapsular fracture
C
Impacted fracture neck of femur
D
Sub capital capsular fracture neck of femur
High-Yield Explanation
(b) Extracapsular fracture- "The femoral neck is the common site of fracture in the elderly". "Moreover fracture intertrochanteric femur occurs in elderly patients even more than fractures of femoral neck itself".

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