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Orthopaedics General 3110530c

The most common site of fracture neck of the femur that causes avascular necrosis is -

A
Sub-capital
B
Intertrochanteric
C
Trans-cervical
D
Basal
High-Yield Explanation
"The more proximal the location of a femoral neck fracture, the more likely there is to be nonunion and/or AVN". — Musculoskeletal trauma Thus non-union and AVN will be most common in subcapital fracture and least in basicervical fracture.

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