Background:the treatment of fracture neck of femur varies according to the age of the patient ,displacement of fracture fragments and duration of the fracture.
Objective: to assess the effect of biplane double support screws in fixation of fracture neck of femur in elderly patients.
Patients and methods:this study was prospective case series study conducted in Al Hussein University Hospital Al Azhar university between January 2019 –January 2020. 20 patients aged more than 50 yrs with fracture neck of femur were included in the study .Out of the 20 patients,13 were males and 7 were females and they were operated with biplane double support screw fixation method(BDSF) and were followed up for a period of more than 6 months.
Results:out of the 20 patients, 9 patients were excellent, 6 patients were good, 3 patients were fair and 2 patients were poor outcome.
Conclusions:in elderly and in those patients who cannot afford arthroplasty or in those patients where arthroplasty is contraindicated, BDSF method is an alternate method for fixing fracture neck of femur.