Ms. Hendrix suffered a severe hip fracture that required hip replacement surgery. After an extended recovery period, she is undergoing physical therapy to regain strength and mobility.

a. Which bone is involved in a hip fracture, and what part of the bone is likely to be fractured?

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Ms. Hendrix suffered a severe hip fracture that required hip replacement surgery. After an extended recovery period, she is undergoing physical therapy to regain strength and mobility.

a. Which bone is involved in a hip fracture, and what part of the bone is likely to be fractured?

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Hey, everyone. Let's take a look at this question together, Mrs Johnson, an 80 year old woman recently experienced a fall at home and sustained a hip fracture. She is admitted to the hospital for medical evaluation and treatment. The orthopedic surgeon determines that she has a displaced intra capsular fracture of the left femoral neck. Identify the specific type of hip fracture that Mrs Johnson has. Is it answer choice? A an inter tranter fracture. Answer choice B A sub tranter fracture. Answer choice C A transcervical fracture or answer choice D none of the above. Let's work this problem out together to try to figure out which of the following answer choices best describes the specific type of hip fracture that Mrs Johnson had sustained. So in order to solve this question, we have to break down the information that we know from the question such as that Mrs Johnson experienced a hip fracture and she has a displaced intra capsular fracture of the left femoral neck, which tells us that the left femoral neck is fractured and that fracture is inside of the femoral neck. So looking at our answer choices, where are the following fractures found starting off with an choice A which says inter, we know that the prefix inter describes something that is between. And since it is the inter tranter fracture, we know that an inter tranter fracture is a fracture between the greater and lesser tranter and not inside of the femoral neck. So answer choice A cannot be the correct answer. Next. We have answer choice B which is a subtrochanteric fracture, which we know that the prefixed sub tells us that the fracture is below. And since it is a subtrochanteric fracture, we know that the fracture is found below the lesser tranter and not within the femoral neck. So answer choice B cannot be the correct answer either. And lastly answer choice C which says transcervical fracture. We know that a trans prefix tells us that the fracture exists through whatever the fracture is involved in. And in this case, it is transcervical, which we know that the cervical part tells us that it is a fracture within the femoral neck. So a transcervical fracture is a fracture that is found through the femoral neck, which we know that the hip fracture that Mrs Johnson had sustained is a fracture inside of the left femoral neck. So answer choice C transcervical fracture is the correct specific type of hip fracture that Mrs Johnson has. So it is the correct answer. I hope you found this video to be helpful. Thank you and goodbye.

Ms. Hendrix suffered a severe hip fracture that required hip replacement surgery. After an extended recovery period, she is undergoing physical therapy to regain strength and mobility.

a. Which bone is involved in a hip fracture, and what part of the bone is likely to be fractured?

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Key Concepts

Hip Anatomy

Types of Hip Fractures

Rehabilitation Post-Surgery

Ms. Hendrix suffered a severe hip fracture that required hip replacement surgery. After an extended recovery period, she is undergoing physical therapy to regain strength and mobility.a. Which bone is involved in a hip fracture, and what part of the bone is likely to be fractured?

Verified Solution

Key Concepts

Hip Anatomy

Types of Hip Fractures

Rehabilitation Post-Surgery

Ms. Hendrix suffered a severe hip fracture that required hip replacement surgery. After an extended recovery period, she is undergoing physical therapy to regain strength and mobility.

a. Which bone is involved in a hip fracture, and what part of the bone is likely to be fractured?