Pipkin type III femoral head fracture: which treatment strategy can be recommended?

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical data

Patient no.	Gender	Age (years)	Side	BMI (kg/m²)	Cause	ISS	HR time (h)	Treatment (FHF)	Follow-up (years)
1	Male	30	Left	24.8	Traffic accident	14	5	ORIF	7
2	Male	45	Right	23.7	Traffic accident	14	6	ORIF	8
3	Male	27	Left	22.2	Traffic accident	14	5	ORIF	7
4	Male	35	Right	22.3	Traffic accident	10	4	ORIF	6
5	Female	28	Right	22.5	Falling from a height	10	3	ORIF	4
6	Male	24	Left	21.3	Traffic accident	27	6	Excision	7
7	Male	21	Right	22.2	Traffic accident	10	10	Excision	6
8	Male	52	Left	26.4	Bruise injury	19	9.5	ORIF	7
9	Female	52	Left	25.0	Traffic accident	10	9	ORIF	6
10	Male	21	Left	22.6	Falling from a height	19	11.5	ORIF	5
11	Male	48	Left	24.3	Traffic accident	11	12	ORIF	6
12	Male	27	Right	23.2	Traffic accident	19	4	ORIF	4

ISS injury severity score, HR hip reduction, FHF femoral head fragments, ORIF open reduction and internal fixation