A 77-year-old female has fallen in her home and is brought to the emergency department by ambulance with a suspected fractured hip. X-rays confirm a fracture of the neck of the left femur
What complication is common in fractures of the neck of the femur?
A) Osteoporosis
B) Avascular necrosis
C) Nonadherance of bones
D) Septicemia
Ans: B
Feedback: Fractures of the neck of the femur may damage the vascular system that supplies blood to the head and the neck of the femur, and the bone may become ischemic. For this reason, AVN is common in patients with femoral neck fractures. Osteoporosis is not a complication of a fractured femur neck. Options C and D are also not complications of a fractured femur neck.
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