Orthopaedic robot assisted femoral neck dynamic cross fixation system for the treatment of femoral neck fractures

Abstract

To explore and compare the clinical efficacy of orthopedic robot assisted femoral neck system （FNS） and traditional manual FNS in the treatment of femoral neck fractures in middle-aged and young people. The clinical data of 62 consecutive patients with femoral neck fracture and age less than 65 years old admitted to the Intelligent Orthopaedic Department of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital from June 2021 to June 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. According to whether orthopedic robot-assisted surgery the patients were divided into two groups：30 patients aged 34 to 56 years old were treated with orthopedic robot assisted FNS internal fixation after closed or limited open reduction（experimental group）； 32 patients aged 33 to 54 years old underwent FNS internal fixation after closed or limited open reduction（control group）. The age, gender, time from injury to admission, average hospital stay, surgical duration, intraoperative bleeding volume, and intraoperative fluoroscopy frequency of two groups of patients were analyzed and compared. The hip joint function in both groups of patients was evaluated using the Harris hip joint scoring standard at 6 months after surgery. All 62 patients with femoral neck fractures successfully completed the surgery. There was no significant difference（P>0.05） between the experimental group and the control group in terms of baseline data such as age, gender, time from injury to admission, time from admission to surgery and the intraoperative bleeding. The surgical duration of the experimental group was significantly shorter than that of the control group [42.1（28.5, 50.7）min vs. 53.4（36.9, 62.5） min, Z=-2.338, P=0.019]. The intraoperative X-ray fluoroscopy frequency of the experimental group was significantly lower than that of the control group[8.0 （6.0, 11.0） times vs. 15.0（13.0, 17.0） times, Z=-5.960, P<0.001]. In terms of postoperative hip joint function, there was no significant difference in Harris score between the two groups of patients at 6-month follow-up（P>0.05）. Compared with manual operation of FNS, orthopedic robot assisted FNS in the treatment of femoral neck fractures can help shorten surgical time, reduce intraoperative fluoroscopy frequency, and have similar therapeutic effects on long-term hip joint function recovery.