A bursa is a small, fluid-filled sac which acts as a gliding surface, reducing friction in the movement of the larger joints in the body. They may act singly or in groups (bursae) to help your bones, tendons, muscles, and skin slid easily across each other as you move and bend.

Bursitis is irritation or inflammation of the bursa. Trochanteric bursitis (greater trochanteric pain syndrome or GTPS) is inflammation of the bursa that lies between bone and muscle in the hip. Hip bursitis can affect anyone, but women, middle-aged, and elderly people are more likely to develop it. In most cases, bursitis

A hip fracture is a partial or complete break of the upper femur (thigh bone) in or near the hip.  Hip fractures are most common in people older than 60 whose bones have been weakened by osteoporosis.  Most of those fractures result from falls. 

A fractured hip is usually very painful, and the potential for complications in older patients means that immediate surgery is generally the recommended treatment.  The sooner a patient can be treated and gotten out of bed, the better the outcome is likely to be.   

Complications of hip fracture in the elderly may include: