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A broken hip is a common injury, especially for the ederly. In the United States the hip fracture is the most common broken bone that ​requires hospitilization. About 300,000 Americans are hospitilized for a hip fracture every year. Hip fractures in the elderly are most often caused by a fall, usually a seemingly insignificant fall. In younger patients with stronger bones, more common causes of a broken hip include high-energy injuries such as car accidents.A pathologic fracture is when the bones are weakened from a tumor and infection and that can also cause a hip injury for all ages.=====

__Recovery/Treatment__ The goal of treatment for hip injurys is to allow you to do, without pain, most of the things you did before your fracture. The most common way and best way to treat your hip fracture is surgery. Surgery helps make sure that the bones are lined up to heal correctly. There are different types of surgery for hip fractures depending on the location of the fracture, your age, and the position of the bone fragments. Internal Fixiation is one of the options for sugery. Internal Fixiation is the stabilizing of broken bones with surgical screws, rods, or plates. This type of surgery is usually for people who have fractures in which the bones can be properly aligned. Hip replacement surgery( arthroplasty) involves replacing part or all of the joint with artificial (usually metal) parts.

A broken Hip and a hip fracture are the same thing