ArticleActa orthopaedica2022
Rate of conversion to secondary arthroplasty after femoral neck fractures in 796 younger patients treated with internal fixation: a Swedish national register-based study.
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- An Acta Orthopaedica educational article: Femoral neck fractures in adults with emphasis on surgical treatment.Acta orthopaedica · 2025Review
- Hemiarthroplasty vs. internal fixation for nondisplaced femoral neck fracture in mainland China: a cost-effectiveness analysis.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
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- Inter-departmental variation in surgical treatment of proximal femoral fractures: A nationwide observational cohort study.PloS one · 2023Observational
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Abstract
background and purposeIn younger patients with a femoral neck fracture (FNF), internal fixation is the recommended treatment regardless of displacement. Healing complications are often treated with arthroplasty. We determined the rate of conversion to arthroplasty up to 5 years after fixation of either undisplaced FNFs (uFNFs) or displaced FNFs (dFNFs). PATIENTS AND
methodsThe study was based on prospectively collected data from the Swedish Fracture Register (SFR) and the Swedish Arthroplasty Register (SAR). FNFs in patients aged < 60 treated with parallel pins/screws or sliding hip screws (SHS) registered in SFR 2012-2018 were cross-referenced with conversions to arthroplasty registered in SAR until 2019. The cumulative conversion and mortality rates were determined by Kaplan-Meier analyses and patient- and surgery-dependent risk factors for conversion by Cox regression analyses.
resultsWe included 407 uFNFs and 389 dFNFs (median age 52, 59% men). The 1-year conversion rate was 3% (95% CI 1-5) for uFNFs and 9% (CI 6-12) for dFNFs. Corresponding results at 5 years were 8% (CI 5-11) and 25% (CI 20-30). Besides a displaced fracture, age 50-59 was associated with an increased rate of conversion in uFNFs. This older group also had a higher mortality rate, compared with patients aged < 50. There was no sex difference for mortality.
interpretationAdults aged under 60 with uFNFs and dFNFs face an 8-25% risk, respectively, of conversion to arthroplasty within 5 years after internal fixation. This is new and pertinent information for surgeons as well as patients.
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