Its when both femurs (thigh bone) are broken. They can either be closed or open. (The bone breaks through the skin or stays inline)
A fracture is a disruption in the structure of a bone. For example a crack or a break in a bone. A femur fracture is therefor a crack or break in the femur.
futball or football
A femur fracture is critical, period. To have two femur fractures doubles their chances of possibly having a severed artery, and bleeding out.
Is fracture of the femur the same as fracture of the hip? Yes
It's a fracture in the upper thigh bone, a crack running down both sides of it.