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Fracture, Femur. OverviewA thigh bone (femur) fracture is a break in the upper bone of the leg. Because the femur is the longest, strongest bone in the body, unless the bone is diseased, it takes great force to break it. Femur fracture most commonly occurs after a motor vehicle accident, a collision playing a sport, a fall from a high place, or as the result of a gunshot wound and underlying tumor (neoplasm).
A femoral neck fracture is one type of hip fracture. When a femoral neck fracture occurs, the injury is just below the ball of the ball-and-socket hip joint; this region of the thigh bone is called the femoral neck. When a femoral neck fracture occurs, the ball is disconnected from the rest of the thigh bone (the femur). The important issue with femoral neck fractures is that the blood supply to the fractured portion of bone is often damaged at the time of injury. 1  Because blood flow is disrupted, these fractures are at high risk of not healing, especially when the fracture is badly out of position.