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The objective of the present study is to compare complication rates and failure mechanisms for surgical fixation of FNF using fully threaded headless cannulated screws (FTHCS) versus partial threaded cannulated screws (PTS) in young adults.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 75 patients (18\u201365 years old) with FNF were prospectively treated with close reduction and internal fixation using three parallel FTHCS and compared to a historical control case-matched group (75 patients) with FNF treated by PTS fixation. After 2 years follow-up, rates of fixation failure (including varus collapse, fracture displacement, and femoral neck shortening), nonunion, and avascular necrosis of the femoral head (ANFH) were compared between the two cohorts. The demographic, follow-up information, and radiological images were assessed by independent blinded investigators.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patient demographics and fracture patterns were similar in the two patient groups. The overall fixation failure rates were 8% (6\/75) in the FTHCS cohort, which was significantly lower than the 25.3% (19\/75) seen in the PTS group. Rates of nonunion and ANFH were significantly lower in the FTHCS group when compared to the PTS control group. When stratified by injury severity (high-energy vs. low-energy fractures), the rate of fixation failure was significant lower with the use of FTHCS when compared with PTS for high-energy fractures while there was no difference in the rates of nonunion or ANFH for high or low-energy fracture patterns. Unique to the FTHCS cohort was an atypical screw migration pattern with varus collapse (6\/75, 8%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results show that FTHCS fixation could significantly reduce the complication rate of young patients with FNF, especially in high-energy fracture patterns (Garden III\u2013IV, Pauwels III, or vertical of the neck axis (VN) angle \u2265\u200915\u00b0). There was also confirmation that the modes of fixation loosening in the FTCHS group, including screw \u201cmedial migration\u201d and superior cutout, were different from the screw withdrawal pattern seen in the PTS cohort.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Trial registration<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The study was retrospectively registered at\n                      <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.chictr.org.cn\">www.Chictr.org.cn<\/jats:ext-link>\n                      (\n                      <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.chictr.org.cn\/showproj.aspx?proj=42760\">ChiCTR-IPR-1900025851<\/jats:ext-link>\n                      ) on September 11, 2019.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13018-021-02335-3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,30]],"date-time":"2021-03-30T03:02:51Z","timestamp":1617073371000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Decreased complications but a distinctive fixation loosening mechanism of fully threaded headless cannulated screw fixation for femoral neck fractures in young adults"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Hui","family":"Sun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lin-Yuan","family":"Shu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthew C.","family":"Sherrier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yi","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jing-Wen","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,30]]},"reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"2335_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"875","DOI":"10.1007\/s00198-013-2487-2","volume":"25","author":"SM Zielinski","year":"2014","unstructured":"Zielinski SM, Bouwmans CA, Heetveld MJ, et al. 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