Surgical management of displaced femoral neck fractures in patients with dementia: a comparison in mortality between hemiarthroplasty and pins/screws.
Ioannis IoannidisAhmad Mohammad IsmailMaximilian Peter ForsstenRebecka AhlYang CaoTomas BorgShahin MohseniPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2021)
This study could not demonstrate any difference in 30-day mortality in patients with dementia and dFNFs when comparing hemiarthroplasty with pins/screws. Patients that received hemiarthroplasties did, however, have a lower risk of 1-year postoperative mortality.