Posterior and anterior tilt increases the risk of failure after internal fixation of Garden I and II femoral neck fracture

Posterior and anterior tilt increases the risk of failure after internal fixation of Garden I and II femoral neck fracture

Background and purpose — Preoperative posterior tilt of the femoral head as seen on lateral radiographs has been reported to affect the risk of fixation failure in cases of minimally displaced femoral neck fractures (Garden I–II). We investigated radiological risk factors of treatment failure. Patie...

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Main Authors: Pontus Sjöholm, Volker Otten, Olof Wolf, Max Gordon, Gustav Karsten, Olof Sköldenberg, Sebastian Mukka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical Journals Sweden 2019-11-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2019.1637469

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2019.1637469

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