Clinical profile of patients with acute fracture neck of femur

Abstract

Femoral neck fractures and pertrochanteric fractures are of approximately equal incidence and together make up over 90% of the proximal femur fractures and the remaining 5–10% is subtrochanteric. The femoral neck fractures are only 2% in patients with age under 50 years. After 50 years, the incidence is doubled for each subsequent decade and it is 2 to 3 times higher in women than in men. The overall annual age-standardized rates of femoral neck fractures are higher among white women than among black women. A prospective study was conducted on patients with acute fracture neck of femur aged above 60 years treated with THA in the Department of Orthopedics. Clearance from the institutional ethics committee was obtained before the study was started. An informed, written and bilingual consent was obtained before the study was started. About 40% of study subjects presented to the hospital at 2 – 5 days, 35% presented on 1 day, 17.5% presented on 6 – 10 days and 7.5% presented after 10 days of fracture.