Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (22): 3463-3468.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.22.004

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Modified poking closed reduction for complex femoral neck fractures and choice of implant

Yang Fa-min   

  1. Department of Orthopedics, Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200233, China
  • Revised:2014-05-01 Online:2014-05-28 Published:2014-05-28
  • About author:Yang Fa-min, Master, Attending physician, Department of Orthopedics, Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200233, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Femoral neck fracture was generally treated with closed reduction and internal fixation, but there are still some patients failing to get well with the conventional technique of closed reduction.

OBJECTIVE: To observe clinical therapeutic effects of modified poking closed reduction technique for complex femoral neck fractures.
METHODS: A total of 36 cases of complex femoral neck fracture were collected from the Department of Orthopedics, Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China from December 2011 to October 2013. After one or two failures of conventional technique for closed reduction, they were treated with modified poking closed reduction and hollow screw fixation. According to age, type of fracture and bone density, dynamic hip screw combined with one hollow screw (n=17) or three hollow screws (n=19) were used. After fixation, clinical efficacy was evaluated with the Harris Hip Score during follow-up.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: All 36 patients were followed up for 6 months to 2 years, with an average of 15.5 months. Osteonecrosis appeared in three cases and delayed fracture healing happened in two cases. Garden reset quality evaluation results were as follows: grade I in 23 cases, grade II in 11 cases, grade III in 2 cases, grade IV in 0 case; grade I and grade II accounted for 94.4% of the total number of patients. Harris Hip Score results were as follows: excellent in 22 cases, good in 7 cases, average in 3 cases, and poor in 4 cases, with an excellent and good rate of 80.56%. Harris scores were similar between patients receiving dynamic hip screw and one hollow screw or three hollow screws (P > 0.05). Therefore, our suggestion is that the patients with complex femoral neck fractures may try to be treated with modified poking closed reduction technique when conventional reduction technique failed. Dynamic hip screw or hollow screw did not obviously affect therapeutic outcomes.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:人工关节;骨植入物;脊柱骨折;内固定;数字化骨科;组织工程


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Key words:  femoral neck fractures, fractures, bone, internal fixators, fractures, closed

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