*Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada;
†Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada;
‡Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada;
§Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN;
║Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, School of Medicine, Columbia, MO;
¶Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC;
**Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Alfred, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and
††Department of Orthopaedics, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Reprints: Sheila Sprague, PhD, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact; Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, 293 Wellington St, N, Suite 110 Hamilton, ON L8L 8E7, Canada (e-mail: [email protected]).
A list of contributors can be found in an Acknowledgment at the end of the article.
Data for this study were provided by the FAITH trial. The FAITH trial was supported by research grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP-106630 and MCT-87771), National Institutes of Health (1R01AR055267-01A1), Stichting NutsOhra (SNO-T-0602-43), the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (80-82310-97-11032), Physicians' Services Incorporated. M. Bhandari was also funded, in part, through the Early Research Award Program that provided funding for the present study and by a Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Trauma which is unrelated to the present study (McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada). The FAITH trial was also supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01AR055267-01A1. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. Research reported in this publication was also supported by The County Durham & Tees Valley Comprehensive Local Research Network that operates as part of the National Institute for Health Research Comprehensive Clinical Research Network in England. The funding sources had no role in design or conduct of the study; the collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of the data; or the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
S. Sprague reports employment/salary from McMaster University, other from Global Research Solutions, outside the submitted work. E. H. Schemitsch reports personal fees from Stryker, personal fees from Smith & Nephew, personal fees from Zimmer, personal fees from Acumed, personal fees from Amgen, personal fees from Sanofi, personal fees from Pendopharm, outside the submitted work. G. J. Della Rocca reports grants from National Institutes of Health, during the conduct of the study, personal fees from Bioventus, personal fees from DePuy-Synthes, personal fees from Wright-Tornier, being a shareholder for Amedica, having stock options from the Orthopaedic Implant Company, having stock options from LuminCare, having stock options from Mergenet, and personal fees from AO Trauma, outside the submitted work. K. J. Jeray reports being on the board of committee members for the Orthopaedic Trauma Association, personal fees from Zimmer Inc, personal fees from Lilly USA, LLC, personal fees from Pacira, being on the board and a member of the American Orthopaedic Association, being an unpaid consultant for Bioventus, LLC, being on the editorial board for Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, being on the editorial board for the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, being on the editorial board for the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, being on the board for Southeastern Fracture Consortium, nonfinancial support from Synthes, and personal fees from Radius, outside the submitted work. M. Bhandari reports grants from Canadian Institutes of Health Research, grants from National Institutes of Health, grants from Stichting NutsOhra, grants from The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, grants from Physicians' Services Incorporated, grants from Stryker Inc., during the conduct of the study, grants and personal fees from Stryker Inc., personal fees from Smith & Nephew, grants and personal fees from Amgen, grants from DePuy, grants and personal fees from Eli Lilly, grants and personal fees from DJO Global Inc., personal fees from Zimmer, personal fees from Ferring, grants from the Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Trauma, outside the submitted work. The remaining authors report no conflict of interest.
Presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association, October 14, 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada and at the Annual Meeting of the Hip Society, October 6–7, 2017, Omaha, NE.
