The commonest hip injury in the elderly patients is:
Correct Answer: Extracapsular fracture
Description: (b) Extracapsular fracture- "The femoral neck is the common site of fracture in the elderly". "Moreover fracture intertrochanteric femur occurs in elderly patients even more than fractures of femoral neck itself".
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