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Unstable femoral neck fractures treated with a 130 degrees blade plate
1Department of Traumatologie, K.U. Leuven, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Belgium.
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
We reviewed 32 patients who sustained an unstable intracapsular hip fracture, treated with an AO 130 degrees blade plate. The low incidence in complications (avascular necrosis 7%, delayed union 3%, no nonunion or loss of fracture reduction) compares favorably with previous reports. Experience with this highly demanding surgical technique is however essential to obtain good results.