Case 2

An 81-year-old female patient is brought to the ED following a fall. Examine this x-ray (click on the x-ray to enlarge).

What type of fracture is this?

The patient asks you what is the most likely treatment that will be performed.

There are a number of possible treatments and obviously this decision will be made by an orthopaedic surgeon, but which of the following options is the surgeon most likely to consider for Intertrochanteric fracture?

This x-ray shows a (different) fracture treated with a dynamic hip screw (click on the x-ray to enlarge).

This female patient has multiple medical problems and is taking a variety of medication including warfarin and clopidogrel. Her INR is 2.8. The orthopaedic service is being covered by a general surgical F2 doctor who has never worked in orthopaedics before and he asks your advice on general management.

Which of the following options should be recommended?

Select one or more options.