Treatment of undisplaced subcapital fractures.
A total of 157 patients with undisplaced subcapital fractures was studied with reference to outcome depending on the method of treatment; 135 were treated surgically and 22 were treated conservatively. The main complication of treatment was non-union, with an overall incidence of 5.7%. Conservative treatment resulted in an incidence of non-union which was approximately twice that of patients who were treated surgically. Patients treated surgically, however, had significant postoperative complications in 14.8% of cases. Although conservative treatment has an increased incidence of non-union, it is a safe method of treatment and we feel it still has a place in selected patients.
Parker
M J
MJ
Peterborough Hip Fracture Project, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Peterborough District Hospital, UK.
Pryor
G A
GA
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications