Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 2 Treatment, results and complications of fractures with follow-up ≥6 months
From: Management and radiographic outcomes of femoral head fractures
Fractures | n = 69 |
|---|---|
Follow up | \(\bar{X}\) = 12.4 months |
Treatment | |
ORIF | 42 (61%) |
Excision | 18 (26%) |
Non-operative | 8 (12%) |
Hemiarthroplasty | 1 |
Results | |
Union | 37 (88%) |
Complications | |
Early fixation failure | 5 (12%) |
Pipkin III | 2 |
Repeat trauma | 3 |
Avascular necrosis/post-traumatic degenerative joint disease | 6 (9%) |
Heterotopic ossification | 28 (40%) |
Brooker I | 17 |
Brooker II | 4 |
Brooker III | 4 |
Brooker IV | 3 |