Fracture fixation in the operative management of hip fractures (FAITH): an international, multicentre, randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reoperation rates are high after surgery for hip fractures. We investigated the effect of a sliding hip screw versus cancellous screws on the risk of reoperation and other key outcomes.

Methods

For this international, multicentre, allocation concealed randomised controlled trial, we enrolled patients aged 50 years or older with a low-energy hip fracture requiring fracture fixation from 81 clinical centres in eight countries. Patients were assigned by minimisation with a centralised computer system to receive a single large-diameter screw with a side-plate (sliding hip screw) or the present standard of care, multiple small-diameter cancellous screws. Surgeons and patients were not blinded but the data analyst, while doing the analyses, remained blinded to treatment

SUBMITTER: Fixation using Alternative Implants for the Treatment of Hip fractures (FAITH) Investigators 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5597430 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature