Study design
femoral neck fractures, femoral neck fracture
This was a prospective randomized controlled trial of patients with femoral neck fracture. The study was conducted according to the “CONSORT statement” guidelines for randomized control trials. This research was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Lishui People’s Hospital, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui, China. The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) patients with fresh femoral neck fractures (Garden tapes III and IV); (2) patients age ≥ 65 years; (3) patients with a body mass index (BMI) < 30 kg/m