In relation to the conduct of this study, one or more of the authors is in receipt of a research grant from a non-commercial source.
Bone mineral density values, were used to compare the non-operative femoral neck to the operative femoral neck before surgery. These values were then used as a predictive risk of subsequent femoral neck fracture in this patient group. Bone mineral density assessments were repeated 12 months after the surgery to compare the subsequent changes in the osteoporotic values. The bone mineral density evaluations were carried out on one hundred patients, both male and female between the ages of 28 and 87 years. The criterion for entry into this group was a bone mineral density value of no lower than 1.5 standard deviation points below the young reference value.