Abstract Purpose Intertrochanteric fractures are common among femoral in the elderly population. The trochanteric nail is a standard internal fixator used treating intertrochanteric fractures. technique of fracture reduction affects postoperative outcome. Here, we applied finite element analysis (FEA) to study mechanical effects different approaches using both stable and unstable Methods We com...

OBJECTIVE To report early efficacy and safety of the proximal femoral nail antirotation-Asia for intertrochanteric fractures in elderly Chinese patients. METHODS This retrospective study was carried out in the Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Anhui, China between June 2009 and December 2012. A total of 108 patients with intertrochanteric fractures were available for the outcome an...

Background: Intertrochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures are leading cause of hospital admissions in elderly people. Aim: This study was done to analyze the surgical management of proximal third fractures of femur using Proximal Femoral Nail fixation. Materials and methods: 20 cases there were 15 male and 5 female patients of intertrochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures, which were treate...

Hip fractures are the most costly of osteoporotic fractures, but little is known about their epidemiology in the Middle East. Hip fracture patients and controls with osteoarthritis admitted to our institution from 1992 to 2002 were studied. Information on gender, age, type of fracture, comorbid conditions, and medications use was obtained. The mean age for hip fracture patients (n = 274) was 72...

Proximal femoral cephalomedullary nailing is one of the treatments of choice for intertrochanteric fracture. Zimmer Natural Nail® (ZNN; Zimmer) is one of the alternatives. We report two cases of broken tail portion of the ZNN lag screw during the removal procedure. This may be the first reported cases in scientific literature with this pattern of failure. We report these cases to highlight one ...

Objective: The main objective of the study was to compare proximal femoral nail and Twin interlocking cephalomedullary in terms short-term functional radiological outcome. Methods: 30 patients with unstable intertrochanteric femur fractures operated by a single surgeon were included study. 15 PFN group group. Modified Harris Hip score used assess Results: time union outcome comparable both grou...

BACKGROUND This study assessed the differences in femoral geometry and bone mineral density between femoral neck fragility fractures and trochanteric fractures. METHODS One hundred and seventeen patients were divided into femoral neck and trochanteric fracture groups. There were 69 patients with femoral neck fractures, 20 men and 49 women with an average age of 75.1 ± 9.6 years and an average...

PURPOSE Cephalomedullary nail (CM nail) in the treatment of femoral intertrochanteric fractures is in the lime light in recent years. The purpose of this study is to compare surgical outcomes between experienced surgeon and non-experienced surgeons in respect of CM nail for femoral intertrochanteric fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS The 129 patients underwent CM nail for femoral intertrochante...