title: Clinical results of surgical treatment for femoral neck fractures with the Targon®FN.
abstract: 84 cases (male 15 cases, female 69 cases) of intracapsular femoral neck fractures treated with the Targon®FN (TFN) were available for review. Mean patient age was 74.0 years (range 36-100 years). 55 fractures were undisplaced whereas 29 were displaced. Mean follow-up term was 16.4 months. We surveyed patient mobility before injury and after operation as well as postoperative complications. On a four-stage mobility scale we found 3/55 patients with undisplaced fractures loosing mobility by more than one grade (5.5%), whereas 5/29 (17.2%) displayed this kind of functional decline after displaced fractures. Overall postoperative complication rate was 10.7% (9 cases). These complications included nonunion (1 case), avascular necrosis (7 cases) and peri-implant fracture (1case). Internal fixation with the TFN seems to have an acceptable complication rate in both undisplaced and displaced fractures compared to other recent studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic surgery, Nishinomiya Kyoritsu Neurosurgical Hospital, 11-1, Imazuyamanaka-Cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8211, Japan. Electronic address: n-takky@pg7.so-net.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Naohide
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takigawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic surgery, Nishinomiya Kyoritsu Neurosurgical Hospital, 11-1, Imazuyamanaka-Cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8211, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic surgery, Nishinomiya Kyoritsu Neurosurgical Hospital, 11-1, Imazuyamanaka-Cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8211, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisako
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eshiro
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic surgery, Nishinomiya Kyoritsu Neurosurgical Hospital, 11-1, Imazuyamanaka-Cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8211, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moriuchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic surgery, Nishinomiya Kyoritsu Neurosurgical Hospital, 11-1, Imazuyamanaka-Cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8211, Japan.
authors.forename: Muneki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic surgery, Nishinomiya Kyoritsu Neurosurgical Hospital, 11-1, Imazuyamanaka-Cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8211, Japan.
authors.forename: Seiya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsujinaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic surgery, Nishinomiya Kyoritsu Neurosurgical Hospital, 11-1, Imazuyamanaka-Cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8211, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods; D017102:Fracture Healing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D016683:Supine Position; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: TFN; clinical results; complications; femoral neck fracture