Research Article

Nonanatomical Reduction of Femoral Neck Fractures in Young Patients (≤65 Years Old) with Internal Fixation Using Three Parallel Cannulated Screws

Table 1

Basic characteristics.

VariablesTotal ()

Age (years)
Sex
 Female48 (43.6%)
 Male62 (56.4%)
Side
 Right55 (50.0%)
 Left55 (50.0%)
Garden classification
 I, II26 (23.6%)
 III, IV84 (76.4%)
Pauwels classification
 I25 (22.7%)
 II55 (50.0%)
 III30 (27.3%)
Fracture level
 Subcapital63 (57.2%)
 Midcapital39 (35.5%)
 Basicervical8 (7.3%)
Reduction classification
 Anatomic reduction41 (37.3%)
 Positive buttress position reduction35 (31.8%)
 Negative buttress position reduction34 (30.9%)
Garden alignment index angles (°)
 AP
 Lateral
CTI (every 0.1)
 <0.40
 0.4-0.523 (20.9%)
 0.5-0.660 (54.5%)
 0.6-0.727 (24.6%)
 >0.70
TCD
 <5 mm82 (74.5%)
 ≥5 mm28 (25.5%)
Angle of inferior screw
 <125°7 (6.4%)
 ≥125°103 (93.6%)
Follow-up (months)

AP: anterior-posterior; CTI, cortical thickness index; TCD: tip-caput distance.