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- Title
A qualidade de vida após a fratura do colo femoral nos idosos: um estudo comparativo entre fixação interna e artroplastias.
- Authors
Sansanovicz, Dennis; Caravatto Baras, Felipe; da Silva, Rodrigo João Camargo; de Mello Marin, David; da Costa Brandão Prota, Eduardo; Angêlo Vieira, Luiz; de Nadalini Simoneti, Celso Augusto; Benedito Caetano, Edie
- Abstract
Introduction: The femoral neck fracture is a frequent pathology in the elderly population, with about of 100,000 cases per year in Brazil. The surgical treatment by internal fixation or arthroplastic hip replacement is advocated today. The non-surgical treatment is reserved for cases of exception. Objective: To compare the quality of patient postoperative life treated for femoral neck fracture by two different techniques: hip arthroplasty and internal fixation. Methods: Through the SF-36 questionnaire, we study the quality of life of 60 patients with more than 65 years, treated between 2004 and 2012 in our service. Half of the patients was submitted to internal fixation and the other half to the arthroplastic replacement. Results: Higher averages in the large majority of the parameters of the questionnaire were obtained by the group which was carried out by internal fixation, but without statistical significance in most of these differences. Some international reports indicate that patients who have suffered a fracture of the femoral neck and were treated with internal fixation may recover the quality of life they had before the fracture. Paradoxically, there is a growing trend among orthopedic surgeons to perform a hip replacement surgery in these cases. Conclusion: Further studies are needed to define which is the best surgical treatment option.
- Publication
Revista da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Sorocaba, 2016, Vol 18, Issue 4, p210
- ISSN
1517-8242
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5327/Z1984-4840201626173