Bone Abstracts

Method: The aim of this retrospectively study was to ascertain trends in the incidence of hip fracture, resulting from traumas of low intensity (fall of same high), in age over 50 years old, using register information from University Hospital of Los Andes (Merida Venezuela) theatre records. There was a total of 404 fractures of the proximal femur, which affected 293 women’s and 111 men’s, the overall female:male ratio was 2.64:1. The average standardized incidence pe...