FRACTURES OF THE NECK OF THE FEMUR IN THE AGED: REVIEW OF 224 CONSECUTIVE CASES
- 1 February 1969
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Vol. 17 (2) , 198-204
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1969.tb03174.x
Abstract
Abstract: A review is presented of the end‐results in the treatment of 224 patients with fracture of the neck of the femur, at the University of Iowa Hospital. Of the 224 patients, 115 were aged 80 or older.The incidence of fracture non‐union was no higher among the older patients.One fourth of the patients died in the first year after fracture; of those surviving, one fourth never walked again.There was a high correlation of adequate reduction and fixation of the fracture with final healing and a return to the pre‐fracture ambulatory state.Keywords
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