953 patients over the age of 65 with femoral neck fractures from April, 1989 to March, 1999 were studied by clinical recordings to investigate the tendency at our hospital. The items investigated were age, sex, type of fracture, location of injury, gait performance before injury, complications, etc. The results were as follows;
1. The number of patients and the average age have gradually increased year after year.
2. In all patients with femoral neck fracture, the ratio of medial to lateral was 1:1.7 and in patients over the age of 90, the percentaye of lateral was higher.
3. For medial, the percentage of indication of osteosynthesis was higher.
4. The number of bilateral femoral neck fractures increased, and in female cases lateral fracture and gait disturbance were high.
