EC Orthopaedics

Background: Hip fractures in the elderly patients are common injuries because of multiple risk factors in this population such as osteoporosis, comorbidities, vision problems and muscular weakness.

Objective: To analyze epidemiology and particularity in the treatment of femoral neck fracture of elderly patients.

Patients and Methods: We present a retrospective study concerning nonpathological femoral neck fracture in elderly patients managed between January 2016 and January 2019.

Results: This study included 98 patients with a mean age of 80 years (range, 65 - 90 years). The distribution showed 59% of females and 41% of males, about 50% of patient had FN fracture grade IV and more than 70% of our treatment was cemented hemiarthro plasties, followed by total hip arthroplasty and open reduction internal fixation, treatment was selected based on many criteria essentially the age, autonomy and morbidities.

Conclusion: Femoral neck fracture in elderly is a real problem, and expected to grow in the future, prevention is essential to avoid this injury and its consequences on the patient’s social life an economic cost.

Keywords: Arthroplasty; Elderly; Hip Fractures; Mortality

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