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Trauma

EFFECT OF BODY WEIGHT ON THE OUTCOME OF DISPLACED INTRACAPSULAR FRACTURE NECK OF FEMUR TREATED BY INTERNAL FIXATION

European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) - 12th Congress



Abstract

Objective

The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between body weight and fracture union for displaced intracapsular fracture neck of femur treated by closed reduction and internal fixation.

Patients and methods

A total of 197 patients with displaced intracapsular fracture of neck of femur, all of whom have been treated with closed reduction and internal fixation, were studied. The mean age was 71 years and 79% were female. Patients were followed up until fracture endpoint (union or non-union) with minimum follow up of 200 days.

Results and conclusion

118 (60%) of the fractures achieved clinical and radiological union. The mean body weight for the patients achieved fracture union was 64.6 kilograms versus 61.6 kilograms for those who developed fracture non union or avascular necrosis of the femoral head (p value for the difference p=0.15, not statistically significant). This study is the largest study indicates that the patient's weight is not an indicator of later fracture healing complications.