Hip Fracture Classification - Ian McDermott 16/8/2000Intracapsular
[# of head + neck: Pipkin (1957, Kansas City) - femoral head #s]
Waldenstrom (1924) Impacted / abduction or displaced / adduction
Pauwels (1935, Stuttgart) Angle of # line with horizontal Type I < 30 o Type II 30 - 70 o Type III > 70 o
Garden (1961, Preston) According to trabeculae on AP X-ray Stage I Incomplete, abducted / impacted Stage II Complete, undisplaced (trab. aligned) Stage III Complete, partially displaced (trab. not aligned) Stage IV Complete, fully displaced (trab. aligned)
NB Later descriptions esp. American, Stage III Complete, < 50% displaced Stage IV Complete, > 50% displaced
AO (Muller, 1990) Based on level of # Degree of displacement Angle of # line (also includes basal #s) Please log in to view the content of this page. If you are having problems logging in, please refer to the login help page. |
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