Articular Femoral Head Fracture Management : A Meta-analysis of Literature

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PURPOSE: Articular fractures of the proximal femur are seldom encountered and there are few studies in literature regarding this topic. To date, only a few large series have adequate follow-up and exhaustive description of treatment and outcome, which, however, often result incomplete and do not allow a comparison. Since there are still uncertainties and debates on which the treatment gold standard should be, the goal of the present study is to carry out a meta-analysis on type I and II Pipkin fracture management to establish the best treatment according to EBM.

METHODS: Studies regarding acetabular fractures of the femur head were identified from Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, Medline, ScienceDirect and PubMed; gray studies were searched from the included references' literature, and using general search engines and Social media; the query to be temporally extended from 1996 to 2020. Only comparative studies were included; we ruled out case-reports, case series, author's opinion, register databases.

RESULTS: Comparing conservative and surgical treatment, we found evidence of a better outcome choosing surgical treatment. We found a significant better outcome with open reduction internal fixation, instead of fragment excision. Comparing failure rate of surgical approaches, we found no statistically significant difference.

CONCLUSION: Our study proves that there is evidence in favor of operative treatment rather than conservative in complete or displaced Pipkin fracture Type I + II; open reduction internal fixation should be preferred rather than fragment excision, whenever possible.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III. Therapeutic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:55

Enthalten in:

Indian journal of orthopaedics - 55(2021), Suppl 2 vom: Juli, Seite 304-313

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bettinelli, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Placella, Giacomo [VerfasserIn]
Moharamzadeh, Désirée [VerfasserIn]
Belluati, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Salini, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Femoral head fracture
Hip dislocation
Hip fracture
Journal Article
Pipkin
Review

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Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s43465-021-00431-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328513644