title: Garden grading of intracapsular fractures: meaningful or misleading?
abstract: A prospective study of 186 displaced intracapsular fractures treated by reduction and internal fixation found that the division into Garden grade 3 or grade 4 fractures had no predictive value in determining the quality of the reduction achieved, or the incidence of non-union. The value of the Garden classification of intracapsular fractures is questioned.
authors.affiliation: Peterborough District Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005272:Femur Neck / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000592:standards*; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011787:Quality of Health Care