TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Weight bearing after hip fracture: a prospective series of 596 geriatric hip fracture patients
JO  - Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
A1  - Koval, K. J.
A1  - Friend, K. D.
A1  - Aharonoff, Gina B.
A1  - Zukerman, J. D.
SP  - 526
EP  - 530
VL  - 10
IS  - 8
N2  - Five hundred ninety-six patients age > or = 65 with femoral neck or intertrochanteric fractures were allowed immediate unrestricted weight bearing after surgery and were prospectively followed. Follow-up data and hospital records were examined to identify those patients who required additional hip surgery owing to failure of fixation, nonunion, osteonecrosis, or prosthetic dislocation. Four hundred seventy-three patients were available for 1-year minimum follow-up; 16 patients (3.4%) required additional hip surgery. The revision surgery rate after intertrochanteric fracture due to loss of fixation was 2.9%. The revision surgery rate after internal fixation of the femoral neck from loss of fixation/nonunion was 5.3%; the revision rate from osteonecrosis for patients with 2-year follow-up was 5.4%. The revision rate after hemiarthroplasty due to prosthetic dislocation was 0.6%. These results support the use of unrestricted weight bearing in elderly patients after hip fracture surgery.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0890-5339
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -