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The objective of this study was to introduce our novel method for comprehensive assessment of bone quality and fracture displacement using preoperative computed tomography (CT) images, and determine which radiologic parameters significantly predicted fixation failure. A retrospective analysis was performed on 74 cases of non-displaced or valgus-impacted femoral neck fractures. To determine the independent predictors of screw cutout, femoral head necrosis or nonunion, various clinical variables and radiologic variables, including the mean CT value on coronal CT images, the posterior tilt angle (PTA) on axial CT images, and the valgus angle on coronal CT images were analyzed. In this study, with a mean follow-up duration of 18.7 months, screw cutout was observed in 2 cases (2.7%), while avascular necrosis or nonunion occurred in 7 cases (9.5%). Multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that the coronal Hounsfield unit (HU) value was an independent predictor of screw cutout (OR\u2005=\u2005.950, 95% CI: 0.869\u20130.999,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2005=\u2005.044), with a significantly higher risk when the HU value was \u226480.8. Additionally, the PTA was identified as an independent predictor of avascular necrosis or nonunion (OR\u2005=\u20051.164, 95% CI: 1.030\u20131.367,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2005=\u2005.013), with a significantly increased risk when PTA was \u226520.8\u00b0. Preoperative CT imaging plays a critical role in evaluating surgical outcomes for non-displaced or valgus-impacted femoral neck fractures. When the preoperative coronal HU value is &lt;80.8 or the PTA is &gt;20.8\u00b0, the incidence of complications after internal fixation increases significantly, and primary hip arthroplasty warrant consideration.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1097\/md.0000000000044679","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,6]],"date-time":"2025-10-06T20:05:09Z","timestamp":1759781109000},"page":"e44679","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Predicting surgical outcomes of non-displaced or valgus-impacted femoral neck fractures: A novel preoperative CT-based comprehensive assessment method"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"104","author":[{"given":"Peng","family":"Jia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China"},{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, Shandong Second Provincial General Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yi","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jia Yi","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yang","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0321-404X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xin","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"R1-20260526","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"691","DOI":"10.1016\/j.injury.2006.04.130","article-title":"Epidemiology of adult fractures: a review.","volume":"37","author":"Court-Brown","year":"2006","journal-title":"Injury"},{"key":"R2-20260526","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"62","DOI":"10.1016\/j.arth.2020.07.046","article-title":"A study on the evaluation of a risk score of osteonecrosis of the femoral head based on survival analysis.","volume":"36","author":"Zheng","year":"2021","journal-title":"J Arthroplasty"},{"key":"R3-20260526","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"136","DOI":"10.2106\/JBJS.18.00316","article-title":"Screw fixation versus hemiarthroplasty for nondisplaced femoral neck fractures in elderly patients: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.","volume":"101","author":"Dolatowski","year":"2019","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Am"},{"key":"R4-20260526","first-page":"2254","article-title":"Treatment of femoral neck fractures in young adults.","volume":"90","author":"Ly","year":"2008","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Am"},{"key":"R5-20260526","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"389","DOI":"10.2106\/JBJS.22.01035","article-title":"Conversion to arthroplasty after internal fixation of nondisplaced femoral neck fractures: results from a Swedish Register cohort of 5,428 individuals 60 years of age or older.","volume":"105","author":"Lagergren","year":"2023","journal-title":"J Bone Joint Surg Am"},{"key":"R6-20260526","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"54","DOI":"10.3109\/17453674.2013.878831","article-title":"Similar mortality rates in hip fracture patients over the past 31 years.","volume":"85","author":"Mundi","year":"2014","journal-title":"Acta Orthop"},{"key":"R7-20260526","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"991","DOI":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2019.03.016","article-title":"Three-dimensional analyses to predict surgical outcomes in non-displaced or valgus impaction fractures of the femoral neck: a multicenter retrospective study.","volume":"105","author":"Shin","year":"2019","journal-title":"Orthop Traumatol Surg Res"},{"key":"R8-20260526","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"479","DOI":"10.1016\/j.otsr.2018.12.010","article-title":"Is non-operative treatment still relevant for Garden Type I fractures in elderly patients? 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