Complete femoral neck fractures can disrupt blood supply to the femoral head, leading to bone death and potential hip replacement. — Whalespan
Complete femoral neck fractures can disrupt blood supply to the femoral head, leading to bone death and potential hip replacement.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“if this breaks and the blood supply is disrupted and that's not corrected quickly then the bone in that area no longer has blood supply it will die and can't support the cartilage anymore the cartilage will collapse and you get AVN of the head and that is a hip replacement which is obviously difficult for anybody but for someone who's in their 20s 30s 40s”