Role of valgus osteotomy and fixation with dynamic hip screw and 120° double angle barrel plate in the management of neglected and ununited femoral neck fracture in young patients

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Patient information

Patient no.	Age	Sex	Time from injury to osteotomy (weeks)	Previous treatment	Preoperative neck shaft angle (degrees)	Postoperative neck shaft angle (degrees)	Preoperative Pauwels’ angle (degrees)	Postoperative Pauwels’ angle (degrees)
1	35	M	16	None	120	135	60	42
2	60	M	34	None	88	128	45	36
3	51	F	68	CCS	115	140	54	36
4	46	M	6	None	120	145	42	34
5	38	M	21	None	116	136	46	32
6	20	M	3	None	95	120	44	36
7	40	M	76	CCS with fibular grafting	98	125	46	30
8	32	F	72	CCS	100	134	54	32
9	25	M	26	None	80	130	48	34
10	33	M	18	None	92	132	56	40
11	32	M	38	None	100	135	70	42
12	25	M	8	None	95	124	64	30
13	41	F	10	None	96	126	46	36
14	52	F	63	CCS with fibular grafting	110	136	40	26
15	32	M	15	None	100	126	38	30
16	21	M	22	None	110	138	65	44

Patient no.	Preoperatively limb length shortening (cm)	Postoperatively limb length discrepancy (cm)	Preoperative Harris hip score	Postoperative Harris hip score	Outcome	Complications
1	2.5	1.8	60	92	Excellent
2^a	1.0	1.0	55	75	Poor	Cut out of implant
3	1.0	1.5^c	75	92	Excellent
4	1.0	1.5^c	68	88	Excellent
5	2.5	1.4	64	91	Excellent
6	1.0	0.5	64	90	Excellent
7	1.0	1.0	72	86	Excellent
8	1.0	0.0	70	95	Excellent
9	1.3	0.6	68	90	Excellent
10	1.0	1.5^c	65	93	Excellent
11	2.8	1.6	70	84	Excellent
12	2.0	1.5	65	88	Excellent
13^b	1.0	1.4^c	60	76	Poor	Cut out of implant
14	1.5	1.0	68	95	Excellent
15	1.4	1.5^c	70	90	Excellent
16	2.0	1.5	72	86	Excellent