Osteoporotic Hip Fractures: The Burden of Fixation Failure

Table 2

Incidence of fixation failure and reoperation in displaced fractures of the femoral neck (Garden III and IV). All patients >60 years.

Study	Year	Fixation method	Mean age	Followup (months)	𝑛	Fixation failure 𝑛 (%)	Revision surgery 𝑛 (%)
Parker et al. [37]	2010	CS	82.2	180	226	95 (42)	114 (50.4)
Leonardsson et al. [38]	2010	CS, HP	81.5	124	217	94 (43.3)	125 (57.6)
Frihagen et al. [14]	2007	CS	83.2	24	111	46 (41.4)	47 (42.3)
Johansson et al. [39]	2006	CS	84	24	78	37 (47.4)	34 (43.6)
Blomfeldt et al. [19]	2005	CS	81.4	48	53	22 (41.5)	25 (47.2)
Blomfeldt et al. [40]	2005	CS	84	24	30	9 (30)	10 (33.3)
Rödén et al. [41]	2003	von Bahr screws	81	60	53	34 (64.2)	31 (58.5)
Davison et al. [42]	2001	SHS	73	60	93	30 (32.3)	28 (30.1)
Neander et al. [43]	1997	CS	86	18	10	1 (10)	1 (10)
Jónsson et al. [44]	1996	HP	79	24	24	9 (37.5)	7 (29.2)
van Vugt et al. [45]	1993	SHS	75.3	36	21	6 (28.6)	6 (28.6)
Soreide et al. [46]	1979	von Bahr screws	78	12	51	13 (25.5)	11 (21.6)
Total/average					967	396 (41)	439 (45.4)

Nr: not recorded; CS: cannulated screws; HP: hook pin; SHS: sliding hip screw.