COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN DYNAMIC HIP SCREW AND CANCELLOUS CANNULATED SCREW FIXATION IN FRACTURE OF NECK OF FEMUR

Abstract

Introduction: Fractures of the femoral neck are common injuries. Even though numerous studies have evaluated dynamic hip screw (DHS) vs multiple cannulated cancellous screw (CCS) xation for fractured neck of femur, no consensus has been reached. We sought to compare DHS and CCS xation for femoral neck fractures. Total 60 patients who Methodology: received DHS/CCS xation for a femoral neck fracture at our hospital were enrolled in this prospective study. All patients were randomly and equally divided patients into group A (DHS, n=30) and group B (CCS, n=30) and a conventional NOF protocol was administered. All patients were followed for one year. No signicant differences in clinic-demographic fact Results: ors were observed across groups. Both groups reported a comparable length of union. More complications were observed in group B than in group A. The mean Harris hip score in group A was signicantly greater than in group B (p=0.0124*). Most patients in group A scored excellent, whereas group B scored good (p=0.0298*). Conclusion: In our study, dynamic hip screw (DHS) xation of femoral neck fracture appeared to be better than the multiple cannulated cancellous screw (CCS) xations