An orthopedic surgeon survey on the treatment of displaced femoral neck fracture: opposing views

Fig. 1.Garden classification, which is based on the relationship of the medial trabeculae (compression trabeculae) in the femoral head and pelvis. I = grade 1, incomplete fracture; II = grade 2, complete fracture not displaced; III = grade 3, complete fracture displaced less than 50%; IV = grade 4, complete fracture displaced more than 50%. (Reprinted from Schatzker J, Tile M, editors. The Rationale of Operative Fracture Care, 2nd ed, Fig. 14.6, page 330, 1996, by permission of Springer-Verlag, New York.)

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