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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 95-B, Issue SUPP_16 | Pages 88 - 88
1 Apr 2013
Kawakami Y Hiranaka T Hida Y Chinzei N Uemoto H Doita M Kurosaka M Tsuji M
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Introduction

In most cases of stable type medial femoral neck fracture and some cases of dislocated medial femoral neck fracture, internal fixation was undertaken. Dual SC Screw (DSCS) System is an internal fixation device which has sliding mechanism and preventing mechanism of back out of the screw. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the results and complication of medial femoral neck fracture treated with DSCS.

Methods

Fifty two patients operated for fractures of the medial femoral neck with DSCS were identified as the study population. All patients followed up at least 2years. Outcome measures included the period of bone union, revision surgery, operating times and clinical symptoms and complication.