What it is
Following fixation of a femoral-neck or trochanteric fracture, loading depends on stability, bone quality and surgical guidance.
Typical clinical symptoms
- Limb pain and weakness
- Difficulty rising and walking
- Reduced balance and functional tolerance
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Scientific literature
External publications selected for this topic. Their scope may cover a specific condition, population or intervention within this topic; they do not constitute an individual treatment plan.
Extended exercise rehabilitation after hip fracture improves patients' physical function: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Systematic review / meta-analysis · 2012
After Surgery
When should the medical team be contacted?
Fever or wound discharge, wound opening, new one-sided leg swelling, difficulty breathing, chest pain, a cold limb, progressive weakness, deformity or sudden loss of function require immediate contact with the medical team or emergency services.
Descriptions are for orientation. Diagnosis follows history, clinical examination and, only when indicated, imaging or laboratory tests.
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