This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Pelvis & Injuries, Subject name: Orthopaedics
The commonest hip injury in the elderly patients is: 
Select and explain. 
A. Stress fracture, B. Extracapsular fracture, C. Impacted fracture neck of femur, D. Sub capital capsular fracture neck of femur
B: Extracapsular fracture
Answer: B: Extracapsular fracture 
Explanation: (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".