title: Prediction of survival in patients with femoral neck fractures.
abstract: A prospective study of factors which might help to predict mortality in patients with intracapsular fractures of the femoral neck has been undertaken. A multivariate analysis technique was used to analyse the collected data, and it was found that mental ability was the most significant variable; this factor had the greatest effect on outcome.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001858:Bone Nails; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors