Screws vs fixed angle plates
Mortality: early (within 4 months) · older adults (> 60 years of age) with intracapsular hip fractures; most fractures in the included studies were displaced
It is very uncertain whether screws changes mortality: early (within 4 months) compared with fixed angle plates (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Internal fixation implants for intracapsular hip fractures in older adults 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.83 [0.44, 1.59]3 studies · 467 participantsVery low