Injury specific trauma registry: Outcomes of a prospective cohort with proximal femur fractures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The elderly population is prone to hip fractures, and treating such patients to achieve good outcomes can be challenging. Collection of outcomes data can support clinicians to modify their treatment protocols and improve outcomes over time. The aim of this study is to compare different surgical procedures in patients with neck of femur and intertrochanteric fractures in terms of clinical, functional and radiological outcomes using injury-specific outcome scores.

Methods

The study data was derived from the existing single-center, prospective orthopaedic trauma registry initiated from July 2015. Functional, clinical and radiological outcomes were assessed using Modified Harris Hip Score and The Radiographic Union Score for Hip. Mean radiological outcome scores was c

SUBMITTER: Ahmad T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6642254 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature