Intramedullary nailing has been reported to have better outcome compared with traditional plate fixation in surgical treatment of intertrochanteric fractures. We evaluated the trends of surgical treatment of intertrochanteric fracture in Korea. Data of patients with intertrochanteric fractures, who were operated between the years of 2006 and 2011, was obtained from the Health Insurance Review a...

Attempts to treat degenerative arthritis of the knee by surgical means have been limited. Patellectomy or patelloplasty may be done in the presence of symptomatic patellofemoral arthritis; and joint dkbridement, including removal of loose bodies, large osteophytes, and damaged menisci, is occasionally used. Arthrodesis and arthroplasty are seldom carried out. Most patients with degenerative art...

Introduction: Femoral neck fracture at any age always shows relatively higher rate of complications like non union, avascular Necrosis of femoral head, loss of fixation, screw cut-out and delayed secondary osteoarthritis. These fractures in physiologically old age are managed by replacement of femoral head. In Femoral neck fractures in young adult the main aim is to preserve the natural head an...

Inter trochanteric fractures or Hip fractures are devastating injuries that most commonly affect the elderly and have a tremendous impact on both the health care system and society in general. The objective is to study the age and sex incidence of intertrochanteric fracture of femur, to study the quality of life after hemiarthroplasty in intertrochanteric fractures and to study the morbidity an...

Intertrochanteric fractures are injuries that affect both the elderly and young individuals. In young individuals injury results from high energy trauma and in elderly individuals usually fractures are 1 of osteoporotic bone ,resulting from trivial trauma. Intertrochanteric fractures are more common in elderly females. Elderly people with low bone mineral density are prone for 2 unstable fractu...

BACKGROUND For the treatment of the severe infantile coxa vara it is mandatory for the orthopaedic surgeon to observe the mechanobiology of the growing hip before and after the surgical intervention. We hereby would like to present our experiences with the subtrochanteric end-to-side valgization osteotomy and to compare the procedure with the alternatively used Y-shaped osteotomy as described b...

PURPOSE Occult intertrochanteric fractures are misdiagnosed as isolated greater trochanteric fractures in some cases. We investigated the utility of three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis and outcome management of occult intertrochanteric fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study involved 23 cases of greater trochanteric fractures...