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A 74-year-old woman is brought to the ED following a fall. She has pain in the right hip. What type of fracture is shown in the x-ray?
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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 what is most likely to be considered for a displaced extracapsular fracture?
The patient’s relatives ask you about the prognosis. While the prognosis following a hip fracture is very dependent on the degree of frailty before the injury and the pre-existing medical problems, you are aware of some statistics that may act as a guide.
Select the statements which are true.