Matthias Michiels-Corsten, Stefan Bösner, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff
Individual utilisation thresholds and exploring how GPs' knowledge of their patients affects diagnosis: a qualitative study in primary care
The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
introduction basicervical femoral neck fracture fnf uncommon type femoral neck fracture associated increased risk fixation failure due inherent instability purpose study compare surgical parameters reoperation rate use multiple cannulated screw mcs fixed angle device fad treating basicervical fnfs methods retrospectively reviewed records 885 patients underwent internal fixation may 2004 august 2019 determine basicervical fnf least 12 months followup among identified 77 patients basicervical fnf 17 patients underwent multiple cannulated screw mcs fixation 36 patients underwent fixed angle device fad fixation included compared rates fracturesite collapse reoperations according fixation device results among 53 patients basicervical fnf 13 patients 245 sustained surgical complications 8 collapses fracture site 5 reoperations reoperation rate mcs group significantly higher fad group 235 vs 28 p 0016 without significant difference collapse fracture site 118 vs 167 p 0642 conclusions although basicervical fnf rare among hip fractures fracture site collapse prevalent prone fixation failure surgeons keep mind consider fad basicervical fnf