Increased rate of reoperation in atypical femoral fractures is related to patient characteristics and not fracture type. A nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Atypical femoral fractures are burdened with a high rate of reoperation. In our nationwide analysis, the increased rate of reoperation was related to patient background characteristics, such as age and health status, rather than fracture type.

Introduction

Patients with atypical fractures are complex to treat and burdened with a high risk of reoperation. We hypothesized that patients with surgically treated, complete atypical fractures have a higher risk of any reoperation and reoperation related to healing complications than patients with common femoral shaft fractures but that this increase would become insignificant when adjusted for predefined characteristics.

Methods

A cohort of 163 patients with atypical fractures and 862 patients with common femoral shaft or subtrochan

SUBMITTER: Bogl HP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7170820 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature