[Assessment of harm to the health in proximal hip fractures].

The analysis of expert certification on isolated hip fractures has shown that some experts make errors of underestimation of harm to the health basing on the criterion "duration of health impairment". How to prevent such errors and to improve quality of forensic medical certification is proposed. Such measures will raise social value of medical forensic expertise.

[Primary outcome of disability as a result of femur neck fractures]. / O pervichnom vykhode na invalidnost' v rezul'tate perelomov sheiki bedrennoi kosti.

The authors propose the strategy of surgical treatment of patients with fractures of the neck of the femur with due consideration for patient's age, disorders of local circulation, and terms of operation. As a result of this strategy, the share of good outcomes and social rehabilitation improved appreciably. Anatomic physiological classification of disorders of local circulation at the femoral bone neck has been developed, which helps assess the rehabilitation potential of the invalids with consequences of fractures of the neck of the femur.