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

NCT01344772 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2012-11-27

No results posted yet for this study

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

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Danderyd Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Olof Sköldenberg, MD, PhD · Danderyd Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1990-02-28
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2011-06-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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