Open AccessTreatment of Traumatic Femoral Neck Fractures with an Intramedullary Nail in Osteoporotic Bones
Author(s) -
Tim Friedrich Raven,
W. Friedl,
Arash Moghaddam
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.1007/s43465-020-00292-3
Subject(s) - medicine , intramedullary rod , surgery , femoral neck , femoral head , osteosynthesis , retrospective cohort study , pseudarthrosis , osteoporosis
Sufficient anchoring of intramedullary osteosynthesis in the femoral head in a femoral neck fracture is a challenge with increasing age of the patients and decreasing bone quality. For older patients with inferior bone quality, it has not been investigated whether the application of an intramedullary force carrier, as a minimally invasive and rapid intervention, can provide a considerable benefit and reduce the postoperative complication and lethality rate. This retrospective study aimed to investigate the stability and functionality after the acute treatment of a femoral neck fracture in osteoporotic bone using an intramedullary force carrier even with higher grade fracture types.