A recent meta-analysis published in the British Medical Journal suggested an increased risk of infection, but none of the studies were large enough to reach statistical significance. A prospective, randomised trial was designed at our institution to investigate the wound healing and complications related to surgery following fracture neck of femur in the elderly. The primary aim was to compare the wound problems and infection following two different methods of skin closure: Subcuticular monocryl suture to metal clips for closure of skin. The secondary aim was to look at the duration of surgery after both types of closure. We received ethical approval for this study. We screened and recruited all eligible patients admitted with acute hip fracture undergoing hemi-arthroplasty or dynamic hip screw. We recruited 541 patients in the study over the period of 3.5 years at our institution.Introduction
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