Research Article

Clinical Outcome and Biomechanical Analysis of Dynamic Hip Screw Combined with Derotation Screw in Treating Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures Based on Different Reduction Qualities in Young Patients (≤65 Years of Age)

Table 3

Comparison of postoperative complications and clinical outcomes.

VariablesPositive buttress reduction group ()Anatomical reduction group () value

Complications
 Varus change of the FNSA (degree)0.003
 Femoral neck shortening (mm)<0.001
 Femoral head necrosis2 (6.5)4 (10.8)0.681
 Fracture nonunion0 (0.0)2 (5.4)0.496
 Mechanical failure1 (3.2)3 (8.1)0.620
VAS0.222
Harris hip score0.320
 Excellent8 (25.8)6 (16.2)
 Good18 (58.1)18 (48.6)
 Fair4 (12.9)9 (24.3)
 Poor1 (3.2)4 (10.8)

Abbreviations: FNSA: femoral neck-shaft angle; VAS: visual analogue scale. Statistically significant difference.