Screws or pins 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 or pins 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 1.04 [0.65, 1.66]4 studies · 850 participantsVery low