The commonest hip injury in the elderly patients is:
Stress fracture
Extracapsular fracture
Impacted fracture neck of femur
Sub capital capsular fracture neck of femur
(b) Extracapsular fracture- "The femoral neck is the common site of fracture in the elderly". "Moreover fracture intertrochanteric femur occurs in elderly patients even more than fractures of femoral neck itself".
Pelvis & Injuries