Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (27): 4395-4400.doi: 10.12307/2021.203

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Internal fixation and arthroplasty for femoral neck fracture in the elderly: how to reflect individualized precision treatment

Wang Debin, Bi Zhenggang   

  1. Department of Orthopedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
  • Received:2020-11-21 Revised:2020-11-27 Accepted:2020-12-25 Online:2021-09-28 Published:2021-04-10
  • Contact: Bi Zhenggang, Professor, Chief physician, Doctoral supervisor, Department of Orthopedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
  • About author:Wang Debin, Master candidate, Physician, Department of Orthopedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Surgical treatment has become the main method for the treatment of femoral neck fractures in the elderly, but the choice of internal fixation and arthroplasty is still the focus of great debate.
OBJECTIVE: To analyze and summarize the research progress of internal fixation and arthroplasty for the femoral neck fracture in the elderly.
METHODS: The first author used the Chinese and English search terms “femoral neck fracture, internal fixation, arthroplasty, the elderly” in Web of Science, PubMed and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) to search the relevant literature collected from January 2001 to August 2020. The relevant documents were screened and sorted out, and the included relevant articles were reviewed in detail. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Internal fixation and arthroplasty are the main surgical methods for elderly femoral neck fracture, both of which have their own advantages, so how to choose is still unclear. Because arthroplasty can make the elderly patients with femoral neck fracture move underground as soon as possible after operation and avoid a series of adverse consequences caused by long-term bed rest. Arthroplasty has almost become the “pronoun”. In addition, fracture type is also an important factor. Usually, the Garden i and ii tend to open reduction and internal fixation, while arthroplasty is used for Garden type III and IV. This is not absolute. In addition to severe comminution and irreducible reduction, the elderly patients with good constitution, undamaged blood supply of femoral head and strong fracture healing ability usually give priority to internal fixation. At the same time, it is necessary to pay attention to how to fix it effectively, and if necessary, to combine the Pauwels angle. Therefore, in addition to age and/or fracture type, issues such as femoral head blood flow, bone quality, bone healing ability, physical conditions, personal wishes and customs also influence the choice of surgical approach. The multi-factor comprehensive analysis advocated by many scholars pays more attention to the individual particularity, which reflects the individualized precise treatment, and is also one of the directions for further in-depth research on the surgical treatment of femoral neck fractures in the elderly.

Key words: femoral neck fracture, internal fixation, arthroplasty, the elderly, cannulated screw, prosthetic type, bipolar artificial femoral head, double action total hip arthroplasty, review

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