Journal article
Functional Outcome After Successful Internal Fixation Versus Salvage Arthroplasty of Patients With a Femoral Neck Fracture
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine patient independency, health-related and disease-specific quality of life (QOL), gait pattern, and muscle strength in patients after salvage arthroplasty for failed internal fixation of a femoral neck fracture.
DESIGN: Secondary cohort study to a randomized controlled trial.
Authors
Zielinski SM; Keijsers NL; Praet SFE; Heetveld MJ; Bhandari M; Wilssens JP; Patka P; Van Lieshout EMM
Journal
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Vol. 28, No. 12, pp. e273–e280
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
December 2014
DOI
10.1097/bot.0000000000000123
ISSN
0890-5339