We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
FRACTURE NECK OF FEMUR; AVASCULAR NECROSIS WITH CANNULATED SCREWS.
- Authors
Khan, Hanif Ullah; Jan, Abdul Waheed; Khan, Abdus Samad
- Abstract
Fracture neck of femur is a devastating injury. One of its main complications is avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head. For the fixation of femoral neck fractures, cannulated screws are now universally used. The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of avascular necrosis in fracture neck of femur fixed with cannulated screws. Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study. Setting: Orthopedic unit of Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad. Period: 7th March, 2011 to 6th September, 2011. Material and Methods: Recruiting 113 patients of either gender between 15 to 60 years of age with fracture neck of femur who were fixed with cannulated screws. The data was entered and analyzed with the help of SPSS 10.Results: There were 113 patients with an overall mean age of 43.51 years + 11.94SD. Maximum number of patients was 56 (49.50%) from the age group of 46 to 60 years. Avascular necrosis was noted in 23 (20.35%) cases. The maximum number of patients with avascular necrosis was 13 (56.52%) belonging to the age group of 15 to 25. Conclusion: Avascular necrosis was high in younger ages in displaced fractures of neck of femur treated with cannulated screws.
- Subjects
FEMUR injuries; NECK injuries; BONE fractures; NECROSIS; AGE groups
- Publication
Professional Medical Journal, 2015, Vol 22, Issue 7, p949
- ISSN
1024-8919
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.29309/tpmj/2015.22.07.1192