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ArticleMedicine2020

Retrospective cohort trial protocol of screw fixation compared with hemiarthroplasty for displaced femoral neck fractures in elderly patients.

Boquan Qin, Linxian Cui, Yi Ren, Hui Zhang

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Article in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It carries an expression of concern. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Boquan QinDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University.
Linxian CuiDepartment of Cardiology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Sichuan, China.
Yi RenDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University.
Hui ZhangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University.ORCID 0000-0003-1754-7216
Sichuan University · CNUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is limited evidence for the evaluation of the efficacy and safety of the hemiarthroplasty versus screw fixation in elderly patients with the displaced femoral neck fractures. Our current investigation aimed at assessing the complications, functional outcome, and revision rate of the patients (over 65 years old) who received internal fixation or hemiarthroplasty via a same senior surgeon.

methodsA retrospective study was conducted on elderly patients with displaced femoral neck fractures from May 2014 to February 2018. The current study was carried out at our hospital and it was approved through our institutional review committee of West China Hospital. Inclusion criteria were as follows: the patients were 65 years or older, this is the anesthesia grade. The higher grade of the patients,the greater risk of surgery. level I-III, and the patients with displaced intracapsular fractures of the femoral neck, with the radiographic and clinical follow-up of 12 months or more. The major outcome was the revision rate between the 2 groups. And the secondary outcomes contained the life quality and functional outcome detected via utilizing the interview-administered and self-administered questionnaires, length of hospital stay, surgery time, and hip-related complications (such as hip dislocation, loosening or breakage of implant, wound problems, infection, osteolysis, neurovascular injury, and bone nonunion).

resultsIt was assumed that hemiarthroplasty would result in fewer revisions or complications and better functional scores in comparison with internal fixation technique.

Indexed as

Fracture FixationHemiarthroplastyAgedFemoral Neck FracturesHumansReoperationRetrospective Studies

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PMID32991464
PMCPMC7523755
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