Hips

Anatomy of the Hip Joints

The hip joint is composed of two main bone parts: the Acetabulum and the Femur.

Acetabulum is the concave part of the pelvis where the femoral head is attached into.

Types of Fractures

Hip fractures are classified as either intracapsular or extracapsular fracture. By the word itself, intracapsular fractures occur at the part of the femur which is attached to the acetabulum. While extracapsular fractures are those found outside of that capsule and below.

To give you a more clear picture of the distinction, make an imaginary line from the tip of the greater trochanter to the tip of the lesser trochanter. The fractures that occur above of that line are your intracapsular fracture. And the one that occurs below are your extracapsular fractures.

Surgical Procedures

These are the common procedures that is done to fix a hip fracture.