Are Two Screws Enough for Fixation of Femoral Neck Fractures? A Case Series and Review of the Literature

There is still a controversy in literature regarding the treatment of subcapital fractures of the hip with internal fixation. Different methods have been tested and studies such as in cadavers mainly prejudge the three cannulated screws application. We present a series of 20 patients in which percut...

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Autores principales: Xarchas, K.C, Staikos, C.D, Pelekas, S, Vogiatzaki, T, Kazakos, K.J, Verettas, D.A
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Publicado: Bentham Science Publishers Ltd. 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19461902
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874325000701010004
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author Xarchas, K.C
Staikos, C.D
Pelekas, S
Vogiatzaki, T
Kazakos, K.J
Verettas, D.A
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Pelekas, S
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description There is still a controversy in literature regarding the treatment of subcapital fractures of the hip with internal fixation. Different methods have been tested and studies such as in cadavers mainly prejudge the three cannulated screws application. We present a series of 20 patients in which percutaneous fixation with two parallel cannulated screws under specific technical conditions has led to an uneventful fracture union. No complications were observed at a one year follow-up. Reviewing the literature we found no previous clinical studies on the subject.
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spelling pubmed-26847032009-05-21 Are Two Screws Enough for Fixation of Femoral Neck Fractures? A Case Series and Review of the Literature Xarchas, K.C Staikos, C.D Pelekas, S Vogiatzaki, T Kazakos, K.J Verettas, D.A Open Orthop J Article There is still a controversy in literature regarding the treatment of subcapital fractures of the hip with internal fixation. Different methods have been tested and studies such as in cadavers mainly prejudge the three cannulated screws application. We present a series of 20 patients in which percutaneous fixation with two parallel cannulated screws under specific technical conditions has led to an uneventful fracture union. No complications were observed at a one year follow-up. Reviewing the literature we found no previous clinical studies on the subject. Bentham Science Publishers Ltd. 2007-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2684703/ /pubmed/19461902 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874325000701010004 Text en 2007 Bentham Science Publishers Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/), which permits unrestrictive use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Xarchas, K.C
Staikos, C.D
Pelekas, S
Vogiatzaki, T
Kazakos, K.J
Verettas, D.A
Are Two Screws Enough for Fixation of Femoral Neck Fractures? A Case Series and Review of the Literature
title Are Two Screws Enough for Fixation of Femoral Neck Fractures? A Case Series and Review of the Literature
title_full Are Two Screws Enough for Fixation of Femoral Neck Fractures? A Case Series and Review of the Literature
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title_short Are Two Screws Enough for Fixation of Femoral Neck Fractures? A Case Series and Review of the Literature
title_sort are two screws enough for fixation of femoral neck fractures? a case series and review of the literature
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19461902
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