Results
During the 41-month study period, a total of 66 high-energy midshaft
femur fractures, which satisfied the inclusion/exclusion criteria
of the study, were prospectively identified from the trauma databases.
The RCT enrolled 165 patients from 10 centres during 74
months. The mean age of the JHH patients was 33.6 17.4 years
and they were predominantly male (77%) which is comparable with
the RCT with an average age of 32.6 11.7 years and 80.0% males.
The mean NISS was 26.0 8.1 in the JHH group and 29.0 9.7 in the RCT. The mechanism of injury in the JHH group was a motor
vehicle accident in 56%, a motorcycle accident in 33%, a pedestrian
accident in 6%, a bicycle accident in 3% and a fall in 1% of cases.
The RCT reported a motor vehicle accident in 70.3% of cases a
motorcycle accident in 18.8%, a pedestrian accident in 6.1%, a
suicide attempt in 2.4% and a fall in 2.4%. Similar to the randomized controlled trial all 66
JHH patients survived until hospital discharge