Bone remodelling in femoral neck fractures treated with a dynamic hip screw

Bone remodelling in femoral neck fractures treated with a dynamic hip screw - BMD after DHS

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON50006

Enrollment

Registered

2020-09-07

Start date

2020-11-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-15

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Conditions

Hip fracture

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients are eligible to participate if they are diagnosed with an intracapsular femoral neck fracture and are treated with a dynamic hip screw.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients are excluded from this study if the affected hip has a history of osteonecrosis of the femoral head, Perthes, osteoarthritis (Kellgren and Lawrence score III or IV) or a previous operation. Furthermore, patients that did not fully weight-bear the operated hip preoperatively will be excluded too.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Changes in bone mineral density measured with Dual energy X-ray Absorptiometry in several regions of interest in the hip treated with a dynamic hip screw as a treatment for an intracapsular femoral neck fracture.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
-Complications	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results