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Table 1 Schedule of events

From: Fixation using alternative implants for the treatment of hip fractures (FAITH): design and rationale for a multi-centre randomized trial comparing sliding hip screws and cancellous screws on revision surgery rates and quality of life in the treatment of femoral neck fractures

Radiographs & event forms

Pre-surgery

Surgery

Post-surgery

Screening

Enrolment

Baseline

(Day 0)

≤ 48 hrs Post surgery

D/C

1 wk (24 hrs-10 ds)

10 wk (8-12 wks)

6 mo (5-7 mos)

9 mo (8-10 mos)

12 mo (11-13 mos)

18 mo (17-19 mos)

24 mo (≥24 mos)

Radiographs

  

●

 

●

  

●

  

●

 

●

Screening

●

            

Informed consent

 

●

           

Randomization

 

●

           

Baseline

  

●

          

Patient contact

 

●

  

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

Pre-Op care

  

●

          

Fracture characteristics

  

●

          

Surgical report

   

●

         

Post-Op care

    

●

        

Clinic or telephone follow-up

      

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

RS

    

*

 

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

AE

   

*

*

 

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Hospital D/C

     

●

*

*

     

Missed

             

Follow-up

     

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

 

Early W/D

     

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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