TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Early roentgenological grading of femoral shortening is correlated to the late outcome after femoral neck fractures
JO  - Acta radiologica (1987)
A1  - Hernefalk, L.
A1  - Granström, P.
A1  - Messner, K.
SP  - 233
EP  - 236
VL  - 36
IS  - 3
N2  - Using orthoradiography, the distance between the centre of the femoral head and the intercondylar notch was assessed at regular intervals in 144 patients who were followed for a 2-year period after osteosynthesis of a femoral neck fracture. Late complications, such as segmental collapse and non-union, occurred in 27% of the patients. The degree of femoral shortening was significantly correlated to the incidence of late complications. At 1 month, femoral shortening of more than 5 mm was observed in 85% of patients who developed late complications, and in only 5% of patients without such complications. Thus, the observation of a shortening of more than 5 mm predicted a greater than 6-fold increase of the incidence of late complications. The prognostic accuracy of this observation 1 month after treatment was 92%.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0284-1851
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -