%0 Journal Article
%T High rate of reoperation and conversion to total hip arthroplasty after internal fixation of young femoral neck fractures: a population-based study of 796 patients
%A David J Stockton
%A Gerard P Slobogean
%A Kelly A Lefaivre
%A Lyndsay M O¡¯Hara
%A Nathan N O¡¯Hara
%A Peter J O¡¯Brien
%J Archive of "Acta Orthopaedica".
%D 2019
%R 10.1080/17453674.2018.1558380
%X Background and purpose ¡ª Most often, the goal of non-geriatric femoral neck fracture surgery is to preserve the native hip joint. However, reoperations for painful implants, osteonecrosis, and nonunion are common. We determined the reoperation rate and time-to-reoperation following internal fixation of these fractures in a large population cohort
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6366467/