Comparison of primary arthroplasty with early salvage arthroplasty after failed internal fixation for displaced femoral neck fractures in elderly patients

Volume: 40 Number: 4 November 20, 2006
  • Yusuf Ozturkmen
  • Mahmut Karamehmetoglu
  • İbrahim Azboy
  • İlhan Acikgoz
  • Mustafa Canikoglu
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Comparison of primary arthroplasty with early salvage arthroplasty after failed internal fixation for displaced femoral neck fractures in elderly patients

Abstract

Objectives: We compared the results of primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) with those of early salvage THA following failure of internal fixation for acute displaced femoral neck fractures in elderly patients. Methods: Patients with displaced femoral neck fractures (Garden type III, IV) were treated with either early salvage arthroplasty following failure of internal fixation (n=34; mean age 68 years) or THA (n=34; mean age 67.5 years). Both groups consisted of 8 men and 26 women with the same age range (60 to 75 years). Uncemented THA was performed in both groups. All patients were physiologically and socially active before the initial trauma. The hips were evaluated with the use of the Merle D’Aubigne scoring system. Prognostic risk factors were determined on radiographs obtained before or shortly after internal fixation. The mean follow-up was 5.2 years in the secondary and 5 years in the primary THA groups. Results: During the first year of THA, there were 21 complications in 16 patients and nine complications in six patients in the secondary and primary THA groups, respectively (p<0.05). The results with respect to pain were worse and reoperation rate was higher in the revision group (p<0.05). The mean Merle D’Aubigne hip scores for pain, mobility, and walking were higher in the primary THA group. Radiographs taken before or after internal fixation showed prognostic risk factors in 32 patients (94.1%). Conclusion: Primary THA is a good choice of treatment for femoral neck fractures in physiologically and socially active elderly patients with a high life expectancy and cognition level.

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Yusuf Ozturkmen This is me

Mahmut Karamehmetoglu This is me

İbrahim Azboy This is me

Mustafa Canikoglu This is me

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November 20, 2006

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March 7, 2014

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Year 2006 Volume: 40 Number: 4

APA
Ozturkmen, Y., Karamehmetoglu, M., Azboy, İ., Acikgoz, İ., & Canikoglu, M. (2006). Comparison of primary arthroplasty with early salvage arthroplasty after failed internal fixation for displaced femoral neck fractures in elderly patients. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 40(4), 291-300. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v40i4.1684
AMA
1.Ozturkmen Y, Karamehmetoglu M, Azboy İ, Acikgoz İ, Canikoglu M. Comparison of primary arthroplasty with early salvage arthroplasty after failed internal fixation for displaced femoral neck fractures in elderly patients. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;40(4):291-300. doi:10.3944/aott.v40i4.1684
Chicago
Ozturkmen, Yusuf, Mahmut Karamehmetoglu, İbrahim Azboy, İlhan Acikgoz, and Mustafa Canikoglu. 2006. “Comparison of Primary Arthroplasty With Early Salvage Arthroplasty After Failed Internal Fixation for Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures in Elderly Patients”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 40 (4): 291-300. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v40i4.1684.
EndNote
Ozturkmen Y, Karamehmetoglu M, Azboy İ, Acikgoz İ, Canikoglu M (November 1, 2006) Comparison of primary arthroplasty with early salvage arthroplasty after failed internal fixation for displaced femoral neck fractures in elderly patients. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 40 4 291–300.
IEEE
[1]Y. Ozturkmen, M. Karamehmetoglu, İ. Azboy, İ. Acikgoz, and M. Canikoglu, “Comparison of primary arthroplasty with early salvage arthroplasty after failed internal fixation for displaced femoral neck fractures in elderly patients”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 291–300, Nov. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v40i4.1684.
ISNAD
Ozturkmen, Yusuf - Karamehmetoglu, Mahmut - Azboy, İbrahim - Acikgoz, İlhan - Canikoglu, Mustafa. “Comparison of Primary Arthroplasty With Early Salvage Arthroplasty After Failed Internal Fixation for Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures in Elderly Patients”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 40/4 (November 1, 2006): 291-300. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v40i4.1684.
JAMA
1.Ozturkmen Y, Karamehmetoglu M, Azboy İ, Acikgoz İ, Canikoglu M. Comparison of primary arthroplasty with early salvage arthroplasty after failed internal fixation for displaced femoral neck fractures in elderly patients. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;40:291–300.
MLA
Ozturkmen, Yusuf, et al. “Comparison of Primary Arthroplasty With Early Salvage Arthroplasty After Failed Internal Fixation for Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures in Elderly Patients”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 40, no. 4, Nov. 2006, pp. 291-00, doi:10.3944/aott.v40i4.1684.
Vancouver
1.Yusuf Ozturkmen, Mahmut Karamehmetoglu, İbrahim Azboy, İlhan Acikgoz, Mustafa Canikoglu. Comparison of primary arthroplasty with early salvage arthroplasty after failed internal fixation for displaced femoral neck fractures in elderly patients. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Nov. 1;40(4):291-300. doi:10.3944/aott.v40i4.1684