Fixation of displaced femoral neck fractures. A comparison between
sliding screw plate and four cancellous bone screws. Madsen-F; Linde-F; Andersen-E; Birke-H; Hvass-I; Poulsen-TD Acta-Orthop-Scand. 1987 Jun; 58(3): 212-6 In a prospective, randomized trial, 104 consecutive patients with displaced femoral neck fractures were allocated either to fixation with a sliding screw plate or 4 ASIF cancellous bone screws. The patients were reexamined at fixed intervals to determine the time of union. The 2-year-cumulated rate of union was 64 per cent in the plate group and 84 per cent in the screw group.
Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.
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