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Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg · Aug 2017
Low failure rate by means of DLBP fixation of undisplaced femoral neck fractures.
- Department of Trauma Surgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Koningsplein 1, 7512 KZ, Enschede, The Netherlands. vwalsum@gmail.com.
- Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2017 Aug 1; 43 (4): 475-480.
BackgroundThis study evaluated the clinical results of a new implant in the internal fixation of undisplaced femoral neck fractures.MethodIrrespective of their age, 149 patients with undisplaced (Garden I and II) femoral neck fractures were included in a prospective multicentre clinical cohort study and were treated by internal fixation by means of the Dynamic Locking Blade Plate (DLBP). The mean age was 69 years and the follow-up at least one year.ResultsThe DLBP fixation resulted in 6 out of 149 failures caused by AVN (2x), non-union (2x), loss of fixation (3x) or combination of these.ConclusionThe fixation of undisplaced femoral neck fractures by the DLBP resulted in a low failure rate of 4 %.
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