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The primary cause is usually considered an external shock; however, aside from high energy shocks (e.g., falling and impact with hard, rigid surfaces, traffic accidents, etc.) the underlying causes of femoral neck frailty have not yet been fully understood. Although not exhaustive, the review spans cases reported as early as 1944 and compares their conclusions in line with medicine developments at the time of the reports until present. The discussion is perhaps controversial at times; it brings to the fore the energy balance between shock waves and stress waves. The two cases reported here add to the review, one highlighting the biomechanics, and the other supporting more recent findings on metabolic disorders, which ultimately lead to enhanced frailty of the femoral neck. Investigation of the fractures has been performed with X-ray radiographs, MRI, and CT, with a follow up using a Doppler US to check blood flow in the lower zone of the limbs. The second case was investigated both for fractures and metabolic diseases, e.g., type I diabetes and kidney failure (dialysis). In Case 1 the second fracture was not observable at the time of admission, and therefore two surgery operations were performed at seven days interval. Taperloc Complete prostheses (Zimmer Biomet) were applied. Case 2 suffered a second fracture in the right hip in the segment above the knee and required better fixation with cables. Despite this, she returned one month later with a new crack in the femur. Case 1 is a typical case of wear consequences on the biomechanics of the hill pad-tibia-femur-femoral neck system, where tension of the neck occurred due to a stress wave rather than a shock wave. This can be proven by the absence of a second fracture from the images first acquired, the only evidence being pain and walking difficulty. Case 2 shows that metabolic diseases can dramatically enhance the frequency of bilateral femoral neck fractures.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics12112592","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,26]],"date-time":"2022-10-26T07:17:48Z","timestamp":1666768668000},"page":"2592","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Energy, Waves, and Forces in Bilateral Fracture of the Femoral Necks: Two Case Presentations and Updated Critical Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7800-9190","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cosmin Constantin","family":"Baciu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department 14 Orthopedy-Traumatology-ATI, University of Medicine and Farmacy Carol Davilla (UMFCD), Dionisie Lupu Street, No. 37, Sector 2, 050474 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"Clinical Emergency Hospital (SCUB), Floreasca Route, No. 8, Sector 1, 014461 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"e22953","article-title":"Bilateral Neck of Femur Fracture in a Child With Underlying Vitamin D Deficiency: A Case Report on Management and 10-Year Follow-Up","volume":"14","author":"Gupta","year":"2022","journal-title":"Cureus"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1073","DOI":"10.1016\/S0020-1383(03)00190-6","article-title":"Simultaneous bilateral fractures of femoral neck in children: Mechanism of injury","volume":"35","author":"Upadhyay","year":"2004","journal-title":"Injury"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"501","DOI":"10.4103\/ortho.IJOrtho_404_17","article-title":"Femoral neck fractures in children: A review","volume":"52","author":"Palocaren","year":"2018","journal-title":"Indian J. 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