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IMPACTED FRACTURES OF THE NECK OF THE FEMUR



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Abstract

1. Seventy patients with impacted fractures of the femoral neck treated from 1953 to 1965 have been reviewed. Forty-seven were treated conservatively and twenty-three by primary internal fixation.

2. The complications of both methods of treatment are recorded.

3. The prognosis following impacted femoral neck fractures is good. Seventy-nine per cent treated conservatively and 96 per cent treated by primary internal fixation had excellent or good results.

4. Primary internal fixation is the treatment of choice.

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