Open AccessPatients With Femoral Neck Fractures Are at Risk for Conversion to Arthroplasty After Internal Fixation: A Machine‐learning Algorithm
Author(s) -
Anouk van de Kuit,
Jacobien H F Oosterhoff,
Hidde Dijkstra,
Sheila Sprague,
Sofia Bzovsky,
Mohit Bhandari,
M.F. Swiontkowski,
Emil H. Schemitsch,
Frank F. A. IJpma,
Rudolf W. Poolman,
Job N. Doornberg,
Laurent A M Hendrickx
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000002283
Subject(s) - medicine , internal fixation , avascular necrosis , nonunion , algorithm , malunion , surgery , femoral neck , arthroplasty , femoral head , osteoporosis , computer science
Femoral neck fractures are common and are frequently treated with internal fixation. A major disadvantage of internal fixation is the substantially high number of conversions to arthroplasty because of nonunion, malunion, avascular necrosis, or implant failure. A clinical prediction model identifying patients at high risk of conversion to arthroplasty may help clinicians in selecting patients who could have benefited from arthroplasty initially.