Hip Injury Lawyers

Some of the more common hip injuries include hip fracture (broken hip), hip dislocation, and avascular necrosis:

Hip Fracture

A broken hip is a serious and potentially life-threatening injury. Hip fractures often hospitalize our seniors, which can lead to complex hip replacement surgery, hospitalization, rehabilitation, and therapy.

Common traumatic causes of hip fracture include the following:

• motor vehicle accidents
• slip and fall
• certain sports

The two main kinds of hip fracture are femoral neck fractures, in which the ball-and-socket joint brakes off the femur (thighbone), and intertrochanteric fractures, which occur below the upper thighbone. Femoral neck fractures often require hip replacement while intertrochanteric fractures are more frequently stabilized with plates and screws.

Surgery is often preferred in part because it tends to diminish the likelihood of the many complications that can follow hip fractures.

Hip Dislocation

The most common cause of hip dislocation is direct force trauma to the thigh (such as that in an auto accident or fall), although it can also be caused by a congenital condition and femoral head or acetabular dysplasia. Relatively minor trauma can cause a hip dislocation in a child.

Avascular Necrosis

Also known as osteonecrosis, ischemic bone necrosis, and aseptic (bone) necrosis, this disease is marked by dying bone tissue due to a lack of blood supply, causing the bone to collapse.

Avascular necrosis, in the personal injury context, is understood to be caused by excessive steroid use (i.e. steroidal medication) and after traumatic event, such as a serious accident.

Hip Injury Accident

Most hip injuries require surgery and intensive physical therapy that tends to be lengthy and costly. Hip injuries also tend to involve great deal of physical and mental pain and anguish.

If some else's negligence caused your hip injury, then contact our personal injury lawyer experienced in representing plaintiffs in hip injury cases.