Fracture of the Femoral Neck in Cases with Coxarthrosis on the Affected Side

If a patient with coxarthrosis obtains a fracture of the femoral neck on the affected side, there seems to be a greater tendency to fracture of the trochanteric type than should normally be expected.Thus StAhl (1957) claimed that the combination cervical femoral neck fracturecoxarthrosis rarely occurs.Upon examining fifty cases of operated, lateral (trochanteric) fracture, however, he recorded coxarthrosis in about 40 per cent of the cases.After analyzing a material of 1664 fractures of the femoral neck, Alffram (1966) had the impression that trochanteric fractures predominate in cases with coxarthrosis.He did not, however, penetrate the subject any further.This study is an attempt to illuminate whether there is a correlation between trochanteric fracture of the femur and coxarthrosis.