I n t r o d u c t i o n : The widespread use of routine ultrasound (USG) of abdomen has led to increased detection of asymptomatic gallstone disease. The cholecystectomy is the gold standard treatment for symptomatic gallstones. However, there is always a controversy regarding management of silent gallstones. A i m : Present study designed to analyze the incidence of diverse histological changes found in gallbladder mucosa in silent gallstone diseases.

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the risk of hip fracture using proximal femoral morphometry in fractured and nonfractured postmenopausal women. Methods:We conducted an observational cross-sectional study with 138 postmenopausal women (49 fractured and 89 nonfractured). The hip axis length (HAL), femoral neck axis length (FNAL), acetabular width (AW), femoral head width (FHW), femoral shaft width (FSW), and femoral neck shaft angle (FNSA) were measured in all cases by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. We also studied the correlation between body mass index (BMI) with all the parameters in fractured and control groups. Results Conclusion:The femoral parameters such as HAL, FNAL, AW, and FHW do not indicate any correlation between fractured and control groups, whereas FSW and FNSA were significantly higher in case group. The FNSA was having significant negative correlation with BMI in fractured group while that was having a significant positive correlation in the nonfractured group. This observation will be helpful in exploration of its clinical significance in proximal femoral fracture.