title: [Treatment outcome in femoral neck fractures].
abstract: Retrospective study of 372 patients with Garden III-IV type intracapsular femoral neck fractures performed in Clinic of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas Red Cross hospital. Ninety eight percent of them were operated: osteosynthesis for 302 patients, and arthroplasty for 63 patients. Evaluating results of treatment we paid attention on walking ability, pain in hip joint. Mean follow-up time was 1.5 years. Satisfactory results we received for 41.8%. The best results we received after total hip replacement and after osteosynthesis with modern fixation devices. Delayed surgery worsens results. Type of anesthesia did not influence results of osteosynthesis.
authors.affiliation: Kauno medicinos universiteto Ortopedijos ir traumatologijos klinika, Laisves al. 17, 3000 Kaunas.
authors.forename: Arūnas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vertelis
authors.forename: Algimantas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petrulis
authors.forename: Viktoras
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jermolajevas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001178:Arthroplasty; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016138:Walking