Fifty-six patients with ununited intracapsular fractures of the femoral neck were treated by internal fixation and muscle-pedicle bone grafting. All had some absorption of the femoral neck, and many had avascular necrosis of the femoral head. At operation the sclerosed surfaces of the fractures were freshened, the avascular femoral head was decompressed and the muscle-pedicle graft was fixed wi...

BACKGROUND Femoral neck fractures are urgent injuries that require precise reduction and stable fixation. In some cases, however, early treatment is not possible. OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to evaluate long-term results of delayed fixation of femoral neck fractures using cannulated screws. PATIENTS AND METHODS This retrospective descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 26 patie...

The cause of hip and groin pain can be difficult to diagnose because the symptoms are often nonspecific and can be attributed to a wide range of possible conditions. Stress fracture of the femoral neck must be kept in mind when evaluating hip and groin pain in active patients. The consequences of missing such a diagnosis are potentially devastating because of the problematic nature of these inj...

PURPOSE Displaced stress fractures of the femoral neck in young female athletes are a rare but a difficult injury to treat with a favourable outcome, as there is a reported high incidence of avascular necrosis. Traditionally they are internally fixed with either cannulated screws or a sliding hip screw. Our study aims to highlight the Targon Femoral Neck (FN, B-Braun, Aesculap Inc, Germany) imp...

In this study 201 elderly patients with femoral neck fractures were compared with 30 osteomalacic patients with the same injury. Hypocalcaemia and a raised alkaline phosphatase level are common biochemical abnormalities in elderly patients with femoral neck fractures. In only a minority of patients, however, were they associated with histologically proven osteomalacia. By using the combination ...

The authors report a case of secondary femoral fracture through the sliding hip screw portal following fixation of the femoral neck fracture. The femoral neck and subtrochanteric fracture was successfully treated by superimposing a trochanteric stabilization plate (TSP) onto the regular sliding hip screw.