The most common site of fracture neck of the femur that causes avascular necrosis is –
Correct Answer: Sub-capital
Description: "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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