Open AccessArticular Femoral Head Fracture Management: A Meta-analysis of Literature
Author(s) -
G Bettinelli,
Giacomo Placella,
Désirée Moharamzadeh,
Alberto Belluati,
Vincenzo Salini
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/s43465-021-00431-4
Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , femoral head , cochrane library , surgery , internal fixation , gold standard (test) , medline , femur , systematic review , general surgery , radiology , political science , law
Articular fractures of the proximal femur are seldom encountered and there are few studies in literature regarding this topic. To date, only a few large series have adequate follow-up and exhaustive description of treatment and outcome, which, however, often result incomplete and do not allow a comparison. Since there are still uncertainties and debates on which the treatment gold standard should be, the goal of the present study is to carry out a meta-analysis on type I and II Pipkin fracture management to establish the best treatment according to EBM.