Journal article
The FAITH and HEALTH Trials: Are We Studying Different Hip Fracture Patient Populations?
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, 2 randomized controlled trials were performed to evaluate 2 surgical strategies (internal fixation and arthroplasty) for the treatment of low-energy femoral neck fractures in patients aged ≥50 years. We evaluated whether patient populations in both the FAITH and HEALTH trials had different baseline characteristics and compared the displaced femoral neck fracture cohort from the FAITH trial to HEALTH trial …
Authors
Blankstein M; Schemitsch EH; Bzovsky S; Axelrod D; Poolman RW; Frihagen F; Bhandari M; Swiontkowski M; Sprague S; Schottel PC
Journal
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Vol. 34 Suppl 3, No. 3, pp. s1–s8
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
11 2020
DOI
10.1097/bot.0000000000001930
ISSN
0890-5339