The hip is one of the most common fracture sites in people, with hip fractures most frequently occurring in elderly patients, representing an extremely serious outcome of osteoporosis. In younger patients, hip fractures typically occur as a result of high impact injuries, such as those associated with a traffic accident….
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Advancements in Orthopaedics
On this day in 1944, Allied Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France marking what would become forever remembered as the D-Day invasion of World War II. Exact statistics vary across different resources, but some 300,000+ American service members were killed during WWII, and an additional 671,000+ were wounded in…