When using parallel screws for treatment of femoral neck fractures, shortening of the femoral neck might occur. Given the high revision surgery rates associated with parallel screws, we developed a questionnaire to explore (1) surgeons’ viewpoints on difficulties in the fixation of femoral neck fractures, (2) their perception of the clinical importance of femoral neck shortening after internal ...

Pediatric radial neck fractures account for 5 to 10% of all elbow fractures. The treatment of radial neck fractures in children varies according to the displacement, angulation, and skeletal maturity. Open reduction is advocated for comminuted fractures and cases where closed reduction has failed. Thus open reduction and temporary internal fixation of pediatric radial neck fractures have to be ...

Fractures of the neck of the phalanx of the finger are uncommon, but problematic, injuries in children. Displaced fractures may heal with malunion leading to loss of movement or angular deformity. Remodelling of the phalangeal neck is reported to be minimal because of the distance of the fracture from the physis. We report three displaced fractures in two children who presented late. The fractu...

Bilateral femur neck fractures in young adult patients are very rare in atraumatic circumstances. We report a young premenopausal female with osteomalacia secondary to vitamin D deficiency and spontaneous bilateral femur neck fractures. Patients had no reported risk factors for osteomalacia but hypovitaminosis D was noted on laboratory evaluation. Osteomalacia secondary to low serum levels of v...

Introduction. Femoral neck shaft angle (NSA) has been reported to be an independent predictor of hip fracture risk in men. We aimed to assess the role of NSA in UK men. Methods. The NSA was measured manually from the DXA scan printout in men with hip (62, 31 femoral neck and 31 trochanteric), symptomatic vertebral (91), and distal forearm (67) fractures and 389 age-matched control subjects. Age...

Femoral neck fractures are common in the elderly and are broadly grouped into either intracapsular or extracapsular fractures. We report an unusual femoral neck fracture that had features of both and discuss the management of such a case.

OBJECTIVES To review the primary and the final results of surgical management of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Seventeen patients (2 female, 15 male, average age 37 years, range 20-60) with ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures were treated by compression plate fixation for the femoral shaft fractures and dynamic hip screw or cannulated cancellous s...

We studied the morphology of the contralateral femur in 10 patients with subcapital fractures, 10 with trochanteric fractures and 10 with unilateral osteoarthritis. We found that the patients with trochanteric fractures had a significantly shorter femoral neck (4.5 +/- 0.5 cm) than patients with subcapital fractures or osteoarthritis (5.4 +/- 0.4 cm). It may be that this difference in femoral n...

There is increasing evidence that proximal femoral geometry has an important role in the aetiology of hip fractures. We performed a simple radiological study to investigate the relationship between proximal femoral geometry and intracapsular and extracapsular fractures of the proximal femur. Measurements of proximal femoral geometry were made on pelvic radiographs on the contralateral hip of 50...

PURPOSE The goal of this study was to evaluate outcomes in patients who had condylar neck fractures treated with 3 different plating techniques. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective study was performed on 37 patients with 40 fractures of the condylar neck that were reduced and stabilized using an approach involving exposure of the facial nerve. Stabilization was achieved with a single minipla...