Can a hip fracture turn into avascular necrosis ?

Yes: If the fracture interferes with the blood supple to the ball of the hip joint, avn can occur.

Yes: If the fracture disrupts the blood supply to the "ball" part of the hip joint , it can cause avascular necrosis (bone death from lack of blood supply).

Potentially: There are some type of hip fractures that can definitely cause avascular necrosis. The blood supply to the femoral head runs up through the neck of the femur. In a displaced femoral neck fracture, this blood supply can be disrupted potentially causing avascular necrosis. Thank you for the question.

I have AVN: i'm an ortho surgeon who fractured hip 7 yrs ago, have plate and screws and now have AVN with collapse in last 6 months...so, any hip fracture at anytime can go on to AVN