Incidence and factors influencing neck shortening after screw fixation of femoral neck fractures with the femoral neck system.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the effects of postoperative femoral neck shortening in patients with femoral neck fractures fixed with femoral neck system screws (FNS) and to explore the factors influencing femoral neck shortening.

Method

To retrospectively analyze the data of 113 patients with femoral neck fractures admitted to the Second Hospital of Fuzhou City, affiliated with Xiamen University, between December 2019 and January 2022. Of these, 87 patients were followed up for more than 12 months, 49 men and 38 women: 36 cases of Garden I and II fractures and 51 cases of Garden III and IV fractures, to record the patient's hip Harris score at 12 months postoperatively. Patients were divided into femoral neck shortening group and femoral neck no shortening group according to the

SUBMITTER: Wang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10127061 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature