title: Internal fixation of 410 cervical hip fractures. A randomized comparison of a single nail versus two hook-pins.
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.
authors.affiliation: Lund University Department of Orthopedics, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sernbo
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Johnell
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bååth
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nilsson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001858:Bone Nails; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation