From 1976 to 1991 at the Yamaguchi Central Hospital, there were 28 patients, aged 25 to 79 years, who underwent the Judets procedure for displaced femoral neck fractures. 18 patients were followed up and follow-up averaged 54 months. Nine patients showed radiographic evidence of late segmental collapse despite fracture union. Although our series is small, the rate of union was 94% and the rate of late segmental collapse was 50%. These results are worse than those achieved by several authors using internal fixation alone or in combination with autogenous bone graft.
