Several bursae are located around the outer area of the hip, near the portion of the thighbone (femur) called the greater trochanter (tro-KAN-ter). The greater trochanter is a broad, flat area of bone ...

Although it has been reported at various bones, its occurrence in the greater trochanter is rare. We describe two patients, 4 and 14 years old, with mild pain of the hip joint and limping without ...

The current surgical standard for pertrochanteric femoral fractures is minimally invasive nail osteosynthesis, whereby the lesser trochanter fragment is usually not reduced or fixed. However ...