Reduction Techniques in Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture: Educational Corner

Femoral neck fractures are considered as a significant decision-making challenge among most orthopedic surgeons. Some factors affect the decision-making ability of the surgeons, including surgical timing, quality of reduction, and mechanics of fixation (1). Beside the degree of initial fracture, anatomic reduction is thought to be the key for successful uneventful fracture union. The goal of this educational corner is to introduce a classical approach to reduction techniques and issues in displaced femoral neck fractures. Another aim is to address some learning objects in this paper such as fracture configuration, close reduction techniques, assessing reduction accuracy, and the open reduction techniques.