ObjectiveTo summarize the patterns and research progress of the concomitant ipsilateral fractures of intracapsular femoral neck and extracapsular trochanter, and to provide a common language among orthopedic surgeons for scientific exchange.MethodsAccording to related literature and authors own experiences concerning the anatomic border between femoral neck and trochanter region, the intertrochanteric line (or intertrochanteric belt) and its capsularligament attachment footprint, fracture patterns, and treatment strategies were reviewed and analyzed.ResultsWith the rapid growing of geriatric hip fractures, an increased incidence was noted in recent years regarding the proximal femoral comminuted fractures that involving ipsilateral intracapsular neck and extracapsular trochanter regions simultaneously. But the concept of femoral neck combined with trochanter fractures was ambiguous. Based on the anatomic type of femoral neck fracture, the location of fracture center, and the ability to achieve direct inferior calcar or anteromedial cortex-to-cortex apposition and buttress, we classified these complex fractures into 3 sub-types: ① Segmental femoral neck fractures (two separate fracture centers at subcapital and trochanteric region respectively); ② Femoral neck fracture (trans-cervical) with extension to the supero-lateral trochanteric region (fracture center in femoral neck); ③ Trochanteric fracture with extension to the medio-inferior femoral neck region (fracture center in trochanter, comminuted basicervical fracture, or variant type of comminuted trochanter fracture). For treatment strategy, surgeons should consider the unique characteristics of femoral neck and trochanter, usually with combined fixation techniques, or arthroplasty supplemented with fixation.ConclusionCurrently there is no consensus on diagnosis and terminology regarding the concomitant ipsilateral fractures of femoral neck and trochanter. Further studies are needed.
Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of cannulatedscrew on treatment of femoral neck fracture(FNF). Methods Forty-two FNFpatients were treated by using cannulated screw from January 2001 to December 2005.There were 22males and 20 females with an average age of 41 years (19-59 years). Fracture was caused by traffic accident in 21 cases, by falling from height in 14 cases and by bruise in 7 cases. All cases were fresh fracture. According to Garden criterion for typing, 15 cases were classified as type Ⅱ, 16 cases as type Ⅲ and 11 cases as type Ⅳ . It was 7 hours to 15 days from injury to operation. Results Thepatients were followed up for 1-6 years with an average of 2.5 years. The average fracture union time was 6.5 months. Three patients had ischemic necrosis of femoral head, andloosening and breakage of screw and rob was observed in 1 case. According to Brumback criterion for hip joint function, the result was excellent in 18 cases, good in 20 cases and bad in 4 cases, and the excellent and good rate was 90.4%. Conclusion Cannulated screw fixation is a good method to treat FNF in young adults. It can improve the rate of fracture union and reduce the rate of avascular necrosis of femoral head.
Objective To compare the therapeutic effect of cannulated screws fixation at different time points through different reduction methods on the heal ing of displaced femoral neck fractures. Methods From January 1997 to September 2007, 240 patients with displaced femoral neck fracture were treated, including 121 males and 119 females aged 22-79 years old (average 56 years old). All cases were fresh and close fractures. According to the fractured part, there were 133cases of subcapital fracture, 64 of transcervical fracture and 43 of basal fracture. According to Garden classification, there were 105 cases of type III and 135 of type IV. Cannulated screws fixation was performed on all the patients, and the time from injury to operation was 6 hours to 7 days. Fifty-five cases received closed reduction and 59 cases received l imited open reduction as emergency treatment, while 65 cases received closed reduction and 61 cases received l imited open reduction as selective operation. Different groups were compared in terms of the heal ing rate of fracture, the excellent and good rate of reduction as well as the excellent and good rate of fixation. Results There was no significant difference between the closed reduction and the l imited open reduction in terms of operation time and bleeding volume (P gt; 0.05). Postoperatively, all wounds healed by first intention, no infection was observed, avascular necrosis of femoral head occurred in 44 cases, and the rate of avascular necrosis of femoral head in the l imited open reduction at emergency group was less than that of other 3 groups (P lt; 0.01). All the patients were followed up for 12-72 months (average 38 months), 193 cases got fracture heal ing at 10-23 months after operation (average 14 months). For the closed reduction as emergency operation group, the l imited open reduction as emergency operation group, the closed reduction as selective operation group, and the l imited open reduction as selective operation group, the heal ing rate of fracture was 74.55%, 91.53%, 69.23% and 86.89%, respectively; the excellent and good rate of reduction was 73.73%, 94.92%,70.77% and 91.80%, respectively; the excellent and good rate of fixation was 76.36%, 93.22%, 73.85% and 88.52%, respectively. The heal ing rate of fracture, the excellent and good rate of reduction as well as the excellent and good rate of fixation in the l imited open groups were higher than that of the closed reduction groups (Plt; 0.01), and there was no significant difference between the emergency operation groups and the selective operational groups (Pgt; 0.05). Conclusion The reduction methods have significant influences on the heal ing of fractures after cannulated screws fixation of the displaced femoral neck fracture, and the operation time has no obvious effect on fracture heal ing.
目的:探讨骨瓣移植在青壮年股骨颈骨折空心钉内固定中应用的效果。方法:2000年1月至2008年1月,在治疗青壮年股骨颈骨折中采用空心钉内固定加带血管蒂骨瓣38例(组1):采用空心钉内固定加肌骨瓣49例(组2);采用空心钉内固定加游离骨瓣治疗股骨颈骨折36例(组3);单纯采用空心钉内固定股骨颈骨折34例(组4)。结果:术后随访157例,术后12~50个月。术后无感染、退钉、骨瓣松动等现象。组1有2例术后股骨头坏死,组2有3例股骨头坏死。组3有2例术后股骨头坏死。组4有9例股骨头坏死。结论:三种骨瓣移植方式在股骨颈骨折空心钉内固定中应用的效果无明显差异。但三者与未使用骨瓣组有显著统计学差异。
Objective To compare the effectiveness of biplanar vertical fixation and inverted triangle fixation with hollow screw for Pauwels type Ⅲ femoral neck fracture in young and middle-aged patients. Methods The clinical data of 55 young and middle-aged patients with Pauwels type Ⅲ femoral neck fracture between June 2021 and December 2022 was retrospectively analyzed. All patients were treated with closed reduction and internal fixation with hollow screws, 25 cases were treated with biplanar vertical fixation (study group), 30 cases with inverted triangle fixation (control group). There was no significant difference in gender, age, affected side, cause of injury, underlying diseases, and time from injury to operation between the two groups (P>0.05). The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, fluoroscopy times, guide needle puncture times, starting time of weight bearing, time of full weight bearing, time of fracture healing, and complications were recorded and compared between the two groups. The hip joint function was evaluated by Harris score at 1 day, 6 months, 12 months after operation, and at last follow-up, and the pain relief was evaluated by visual analogue scale (VAS) score. The femoral neck shortening was measured on the X-ray film at last follow-up. Results All patients were followed up 12-31 months (mean, 22.0 months), and there was no significant difference in follow-up time between the two groups (P>0.05). The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, and fluoroscopy times in the study group were higher than those in the control group, but the difference was not significant (P>0.05). The guide needle puncture times in the study group was more than that in the control group, and the time of starting weight bearing and the time of full weight bearing in the study group were shorter than those in the control group, the differences were significant (P<0.05). Bony healing was achieved in both groups, and there was no significant difference in fracture healing time between the two groups (P>0.05). No osteonecrosis of the femoral head and incision-related complication was found in the two groups during follow-up, and the femoral neck shortening length in the study group was significantly shorter than that in the control group at last follow-up (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in Harris score between the two groups at 1 day after operation (P>0.05), and the Harris score of the study group was significantly better than that of the control group at other time points (P<0.05); there was no significant difference in VAS score between the two groups at each time point after operation (P>0.05). Conclusion Compared with the inverted triangle fixation, the treatment of Pauwels type Ⅲ femoral neck fracture with biplanar vertical fixation can effectively reduce femoral neck shortening without affecting fracture healing, and improve hip joint function in early stage.
Objective To analyze the correlation between postoperative complications and combined deflection angle classification adduction type (CDAC-ADT) of femoral neck fractures after cannulated screw internal fixation. MethodsThe clinical data of 121 patients with CDAC-ADT femoral neck fracture admitted between January 2018 and December 2021 and met the selected criteria were retrospectively analyzed. There were 69 males and 52 females, the age ranged from 19 to 79 years (mean, 48.1 years). The causes of injury included 52 cases of traffic accident, 24 cases of falling from height, and 45 cases of fall. The time from injury to operation ranged from 2 to 12 days, with an average of 6.0 days. Among them, there were 18 cases of CDAC-ADT type Ⅰ, 46 cases of type Ⅱ, and 57 cases of type Ⅲ; 6 cases of Garden type Ⅱ, 103 cases of type Ⅲ, and 12 cases of type Ⅳ; and according to the location of the fracture line, there were 26 cases of subcapitate type, 88 cases of transcervical type, and 7 cases of basal type. All patients were treated with cannulated screw internal fixation. The occurrence of complications (including internal fixation failure, fracture nonunion, and osteonecrosis of the femoral head) was recorded, and the correlation between complications and CDAC-ADT typing, Garden typing, and fracture line location were analyzed. Results The patients were followed up 8-44 months, with a mean of 24.9 months. There were 10 cases of internal fixation failure, 7 cases of fracture nonunion, and 30 cases of osteonecrosis of the femoral head after operation. Correlation analysis showed that patients’ CDAC-ADT typing was significantly correlated with the overall incidence of complication and the incidence of internal fixation failure, fracture nonunion, and osteonecrosis of the femoral head (P<0.05), and the Pearson coefficient of contingency were 0.435, 0.251, 0.254, and 0.241, respectively. Garden typing did not correlate with the overall incidence of complication and the incidence of internal fixation failure and fracture nonunion (P>0.05), but correlated with the incidence of osteonecrosis of the femoral head (P<0.05), and the Pearson coefficient of contingency was 0.251. Fracture line position typing had no correlation with the overall incidence of complication and the incidence of internal fixation failure, fracture nonunion, and osteonecrosis of the femoral head (P>0.05). Conclusion CDAC-ADT typing has obvious correlation with postoperative complications of femoral neck fracture and can be used to predict complications of femoral neck fracture.
ObjectiveTo investigate the short-term effectiveness and advantages of the orthopedic robot-assisted femoral neck system (FNS) fixation in the treatment of fresh femoral neck fractures compared with the traditional manual operation. Methods A clinical data of 74 patients with fresh femoral neck fractures, who had undergone internal fixation with FNS between April 2020 and September 2021, was retrospectively analyzed. Among them, there were 31 cases of TiRobot-assisted operation (trial group) and 43 cases of traditional manual operation (control group). There was no significant difference between groups (P>0.05) in terms of gender, age, cause of injury, time from injury to operation, fracture side and type. The fracture fixation time (intraoperative fracture reduction to the end of suture), invasive fixation time (incision of internal fixation to the end of suture), the number of placing key-guide needle, incision length, intraoperative blood loss, fracture healing, and Harris score of hip function were recorded and compared. Results All operations were performed with no neurovascular injury or incision complications. The invasive fixation time, intraoperative blood loss, the number of placing key-guide needle, and the incision length in the trial group were superior to the control group (P<0.05), and there was no significant difference in fracture fixation time between groups (P>0.05). All patients were followed up 4-16 months (mean, 7 months). The fracture did not heal in 1 patient of trial group, and the other fractures healed in 2 groups; the fracture healing time was (17.6±1.9) weeks in trial group and (18.2±1.9) weeks in control group, and there was no significant difference between groups (t=0.957, P=0.345). At last follow-up, the Harris score of the trial group was 82.4±5.8, which was higher than that of the control group (79.0±7.7), but the difference was not significant (t=–1.483, P=0.147). Conclusion Orthopedic robot-assisted FNS fixation in the treatment of fresh femoral neck fractures has the similar short-term effectiveness as the traditional method, but the former has advantages in terms of operation time, intraoperative blood loss, and the number of placing key-guide needle, making the operation more minimally invasive and quicker, and more suitable for older patients.