Internal fixation of 410 cervical hip fractures. A randomized comparison of a single nail versus two hook-pins

Acta Orthop Scand. 1990 Oct;61(5):411-4. doi: 10.3109/17453679008993551.

Abstract

Totally, 410 patients with a cervical hip fracture were randomized between two methods of osteosynthesis: a single nail (Rydell) and two hook-pins (LIH). Seventy-five percent of the patients were women. Sixty-nine percent were alive after 2 years. The patients were followed up with clinical and radiographic examinations for 2 years postoperatively. No difference between the two groups were found regarding quality of reduction, early displacement within 3 months, extraction after healing, nonunion, late segmental collapse, or reoperation with a total hip arthroplasty. Nor did we find any differences between the two groups when selecting those alive after 2 years or when dividing the fractures in displaced and nondisplaced fractures.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bone Nails*
  • Female
  • Fracture Fixation, Internal / instrumentation*
  • Hip Fractures / complications
  • Hip Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Hip Fractures / surgery*
  • Hip Prosthesis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • Radiography
  • Reoperation