{{Authors|author1=[[User:Mikael Häggström|Mikael Häggström]]|author2=}}Presentation=Fractures=Fractures of the proximal femur are also called "hip fractures", and are classified as follows:*[[File:Hip fracture classification.png|400px|centerpain]]
==TrochantericModalities==Trochanteric fractures are subdivided into either intertrochanteric (between the [[greater trochanter|greater]] and [[lesser trochanter]]<ref name=Dandy2009/>) or pertrochanteric (through the trochanters<ref name=Dandy2009gallery>[httpsFile://books.googleX-ray of the proximal femur.com/books?id=zxiHcX7QgsgC&pg=PA245 Page 245] {{webarchivejpg|urllink=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105193617/https://books.google.com/books?id=zxiHcX7QgsgC&pg=PA245 |date=5 November 2017 }} in: {{cite book|title=Essential Orthopaedics and Trauma, 5th edition|author=David J. Dandy, Dennis J. Edwards|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|year=2009|isbn=9780702042096}}</ref><ref name="SchipperSteyerberg2009">{{cite journal|last1=Schipper|first1=Inger B.|last2=Steyerberg|first2=Ewout W.|last3=Castelein|first3=Rene M.|last4=Vugt|first4=Arie B. van|title=Reliability X-ray of the AO/ASIF classification for pertrochanteric femoral fractures|journal=Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica|volume=72|issue=1|year=2009|pages=36–41|doi=10.1080/000164701753606662}}</ref>) by the [[Müller AO Classification of fractures]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.aofoundation.org/wps/portal/surgery?showPage=diagnosis&bone=Femur&segment=Proximal|title=Proximal proximal femur|website=[[AO Foundation]]|author=Ernst Raaymakers, Inger Schipper, Rogier Simmermacher, Chris van der Werken|accessdate=2017X-04-23|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424174524/https://www2.aofoundation.org/wps/portal/surgery?showPage=diagnosis&bone=Femur&segment=Proximal|archivedate=24 April 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Practically, ray of the difference between these types is minor. The terms are often used synonymously.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=n069BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA190 Page 190] {{webarchiveproximal femur|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105193617/https://books.google.com/books?id=n069BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA190 |date=5 November 2017 }} in: {{cite book|title=Global Orthopedics: Caring for Musculoskeletal Conditions and Injuries in Austere Settings|author=Richard A. Gosselin, David A. Spiegel, Michelle Foltz|publisher=Springer Science & Business|year=2014|isbn=9781461415787}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DXjl7VPr9T8C&pg=PA365 Page 365] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105193617/https://books.google.com/books?id=DXjl7VPr9T8C&pg=PA365 |date=5 November 2017 }} in: {{cite book|title=Non'''X-Invasive Respiratory Support, Third edition: A Practical Handbook|author=Anita K. Simonds|publisher=CRC Press|year=2007|isbn=9780340809846}}</ref> An ray''isolated trochanteric fracture'' involves one of the trochanters without going through the anatomical axis of the proximal femur, and may occur in young individuals due to forceful muscle contraction.<ref name=Pope2014>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OAuqBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA303 Page 303] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105193617/https://books.google.com/books?id=OAuqBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA303 |date=5 November 2017 }} in: {{cite book|title=Musculoskeletal Imaging E-Book|author=Thomas Pope, Hans L. Bloem, Javier Beltran, William B. Morrison, David John Wilson|edition=2|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|year=2014|isbn=9780323278188}}]</refgallery> Yet, an ''isolated trochanteric fracture'' may not be regarded as a true hip fracture because it is not cross-sectional.==References=={{reflist}}