NCT06760949

Comparative Study on Surgical Approaches for Elderly Femoral Neck Fractures

A Single Center Prospective Controlled Study of Direct Anterior Approach and Posterior Lateral Approach in the Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures in Elderly Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 102 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fujian Provincial Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A prospective controlled study was conducted to include patients who received hip replacement surgery for femoral neck fractures at the National Regional Trauma Center in Fujian Province from February 2023 to August 2024. Patients were randomly divided into the DAA group and the PLA group based on different surgical methods for a 3-month follow-up to compare the outcomes of the two groups. The main observation results include Harris hip joint function score (preoperative, postoperative 1 week, 1 month, 3 months), VAS pain score (preoperative, postoperative 1 week, 1 month, 3 months), and secondary observation results include surgical time, intraoperative blood loss, blood transfusion rate, difference in HB before and after surgery, difference in CK before and after surgery, perioperative complications, difference in length of both lower limbs after surgery, postoperative drainage volume, postoperative ICU occupancy rate, ICU length of stay, and total length of stay.

Conditions

• Function
• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Direct anterior approach hemiarthroplasty	Direct anterior approach hemiarthroplasty
PROCEDURE	Posterior lateral approach hemiarthroplasty	Posterior lateral approach hemiarthroplasty

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-02-01
• Primary completion: 2025-05-31
• Completion: 2025-05-31
• First posted: 2025-01-07
• Last updated: 2025-06-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China