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Hemiarthroplasty or Internal Fixation for Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures

NCT00464230 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 220

Last updated 2011-07-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

An estimated 1.6 million patients sustain a hip fracture every year, about half of these are intracapsular femoral neck fractures. A femoral neck fracture is a life changing event for any patient, and the risk of disability, increased dependence and death is substantial. The main treatment options for displaced femoral neck fractures are internal fixation and arthroplasty. It is established that there are more complications and reoperations after internal fixation, but there is no consensus about which procedure that gives best functional results.

Conditions

  • Femoral Neck Fractures

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Bipolar hemiarthroplasty (Charnley/Hastings)

PROCEDURE

Internal fixation with two parallel screws (Olmed)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ullevaal University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jan Erik Madsen, MD, PhD · Orthopedic Center, Ulleval University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-09-30
Completion
2006-03-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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