IJSR International Journal of Scientific Research 2277 - 8179 Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research ijsr-6-12-13599 Original Research Paper Functional outcome of fracture neck of femur treated by cancellous screw fixation–a prospective observational study. Ketan Vekhande Dr. Dr.Niranjan Mallanaikr Dr. December 2017 6 12 01 02 ABSTRACT

 Background: The incidence of hip fractures is increasing throughout the world. As the number of hip fractures increases, it is important to identify the various treatment options for different age groups that provide optimal results and avoid re–operations. However the number of procedures available and practiced show that no one is universally applicable and surgeon has to select one which would be ideal in a given situation. The treatment varies with the age of the patient, the level of the fracture and displacement of fragments. It also depends upon the duration of the fracture.The purpose of this study is to evaluate the functional outcome of all fracture neck of femur, irrespective of the type of fracture, treated by cancellous screw fixation by using Harris Hip Score.

Materials & Methods: A sample of twenty patients with fracture neck of femur who were operated with cancellous screw fixation is followed for a minimum of 1 year, with the study period being from  dec 2012 to dec 2014. The assessment is done using the Harris Hip Scoring System.

Result: All the patients were evaluated periodically at post op, 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months .The standard protocol of Harris Hip scoring system was used for subjective evaluation of the results of the surgery during follow up. All cases gave good to excellent post–operative result.

Conclusion: Our result being encouraging in comparison to the literature, we recommend to fix the fracture with multiple cannulated hip screws as it is simple, less invasive and provides reasonable amount of stability. Moreover, the anatomy is not disturbed and the revision surgeries are not difficult