[Hip Fracture--Epidemiology, Management and Liaison Service. Surgical treatment of femoral proximal fracture].

Fragility fracture is increasing with increasing in population of elderly. Especially hip fracture is increasing rapidly and has many problems such as deterioration of QOL and growing medical expenses. In hip fracture, it is necessary to leave the bed in early period after injury and begin the rehabilitation for start to walk again. So surgical treatment is usually advocated as soon as possible after injury. Hip fracture is mainly classified to femoral neck fracture which is intra-articular fracture of hip joint and trochanteric fracture which is extra-articular fracture. Surgical treatment is different in these fractures. In this article, diagnosis and treatment of these femoral neck fracture and trochanteric fracture, especially surgical methods are mentioned.