NCT01344772

Total Hip Arthroplasty Compared to Internal Fixation for Displaced Intracapsular Fractures of the Femoral Neck

Total Hip Arthroplasty Compared to Internal Fixation for Displaced Intracapsular Fractures of the Femoral Neck. A Randomized, Controlled Trial With a Seventeen Year Follow-up

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Danderyd Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary aim of this study was to determine the Harris hip score as an evaluation of hip function, in mentally competent elderly patients (\>65 years old) treated with either THR or IF, after contracting a displaced femoral neck fracture. The secondary aim was to compare the rate of reoperations and complications between the two groups.

Conditions

• Femoral Neck Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Internal fixation	Two cannulated screws are placed under x-ray guidance
PROCEDURE	Total hip arthroplasty	A total hip arthroplasty is performed through a standard posterior approach

Timeline

• Start date: 1990-02-01
• Primary completion: 2010-06-01
• Completion: 2011-06-01
• First posted: 2011-04-29
• Last updated: 2012-11-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden