Open vs Closed Reduction in Femoral Neck Fractures Using Anterolateral vs Direct Lateral Approach

Outcomes of Open vs Closed Reduction in Femoral Neck Fractures Using Dynamic Hip Screw

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07299370

Acronym

FNFs

Enrollment

Registered

2025-12-23

Start date

2025-02-02

Completion date

2027-10-10

Last updated

2025-12-23

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Conditions

Femoral Neck Fractures

Keywords

Watson jones approach

Brief summary

Outcomes of open vs closed reduction if emoral neck fractures

Detailed description

Outcomes of open vs closed reduction in femoral neck fractures using anterolateral vs direct lateral approach using dynamic hip screws

Interventions

PROCEDUREClosed reduction of femoral neck fractures

Closed reduction of femoral neck fractures

DEVICEOpen reduction of femoral neck fractures

Open reduction of femoral neck fractuctures

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Intervention model description

Comparison between open and closed reduction of femoral neck fractures

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Inclusion criteria: * patients of both genders between the ages of 16 to 60 years old and had trauma caused femoral neck fracture. * patients of both genders with Garden's type three and four femoral neck fractures

Exclusion criteria

* patients of both genders below the age of 16 and above 60 years old. * patients with pathological femoral neck fractures. * patients with autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. * patients with neglected femoral neck fractures(more than 1 week).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Radiographic evaluation of reduction quality postoperatively	6 month	By measuring : * 1- femoral offset * 2-Neck-length discrepancy * 3 - ante-version angle * 4-step-off

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Asses patients clinically post operative	1 year	Using Harris Hip Score

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026