Introduction: Intertrochanteric fractures are the most common geriatric associated with osteoporosis requiring surgical intervention. For fixation of these fractures, use an intramedullary nail coupled a dynamic femoral head/neck stabilisation implant. Many classes nails incorporating single compression screw, extramedullary device, or screw anti-rotation like proximal have become famous for tr...

Closed intramedullary nailing of the femur is a complex technique but one that has considerable advantages. The choice of an appropriate point of entry into the proximal femur during introduction is vital, since an oblique insertion of the nail may lead to impaction of the implant and comminution of the proximal femoral fragment (Winquist, Hansen and Clawson 1984); this is particularly so in sm...

BACKGROUND Z-effect and reverse Z-effect are complications that arise from the surgical treatment of pertrochanteric fractures of the femur with proximal femoral nails (PFN) comprising two interlocking head screws. Such complications are induced by the migration of screws in opposite directions, which may lead to failure of the osteosynthesis. FINDINGS The paper describes three cases of pertr...

Introduction: Trochanteric fractures are one of the commonest injuries sustained predominantly in patients over sixty years of age. They are three to four times more common in women than in men. These usually occur through bone affected by osteoporosis; trivial fall being the most common mechanism of injury [1]. Discussion: The goal of this study was to compare the functional outcomes of patien...

PURPOSE We evaluated the geometric discrepancies between the proximal femur in Koreans and two types of proximal femoral nail using plain radiographs. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 100 consecutive patients (38 treated with proximal femoral nail antirotation [PFNA], 62 PFNA II) with intertrochanteric fracture were retrospectively identified. The minimum follow up period was 32 months. The g...

The purpose of our study was to compare the proximal femoral nail antirotation (PFNA; Synthes, Paoli, Pennsylvania) with a reconstruction nail (Recon; Zimmer, Warsaw, Indiana) in the treatment of comminuted proximal femoral fractures. Between 2003 and 2010, twenty-three consecutive patients with AO/Orthopaedic Trauma Association 31-A3 fractures combined with proximal 32 fractures who had a mini...

Objective: To reveal the factors associated with screw cut-out in fixation of proximal femur intertrochanteric fractures a femoral nail (PFN).
 Material and Method: Patients who were diagnosed being treated followed up our hospital between January 2014 2019 retrospectively analyzed. The hip fracture types patients determined according to American Foundation/American Orthopedic Trauma Assoc...

Objective: We aimed to investigate the relationship between presence of radiological femoral arterial calcification (FAC) and mortality in patients over 65 years age with intertrochanteric femur fracture (ITFC).Material Methods: Between 2014 2019, 303 diagnosed ITFC who were operated on using a short proximal nail (PFN) evaluated retrospectively. Research data obtained from preoperative anesthe...