ArticleDer Unfallchirurg2009
[Treatment results of pertrochanteric and subtrochanteric femoral fractures: a retrospective comparison of PFN and PFNA].
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- Does Position Affect Reduction? Comparison of the Effects of Three Different Positions on Reduction in Intertrochanteric Femur Fracture Nailing.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Finite element analysis of basicervical femoral neck fracture treated with proximal femoral bionic nail.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
- Comparison of the clinical effect of DHS and PFNA on senile osteoporotic fracture and their significance of changes in BALP expression level.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2020Article
- Reduced complication rates for unstable trochanteric fractures managed with third-generation nails: Gamma 3 nail versus PFNA.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2020Observational
- Intramedullary nails with cannulated screw fixation for the treatment of unstable femoral neck fractures.The Journal of international medical research · 2019Article
- Healing of femoral fractures by the meaning of an innovative intramedullary nail.Journal of orthopaedics · 2018Article
- Comparing the Intramedullary Nailing Method Versus Dynamic Hip Screw in Treatment of Unstable Intertrochanteric Fractures.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2016Article
- Treatment of Unstable Intertrochanteric Fractureswith Proximal Femoral Nail Antirotation II: Our Experience in Indian Patients.The open orthopaedics journal · 2015Article
- Clinical evaluation of the Asian proximal femur intramedullary nail antirotation system (PFNA-II) for treatment of intertrochanteric fractures.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2014Article
- Should the tip-apex distance (TAD) rule be modified for the proximal femoral nail antirotation (PFNA)? A retrospective study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2013Article
- A biomechanical evaluation of proximal femoral nail antirotation with respect to helical blade position in femoral head: A cadaveric study.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2012Article
- [Osteoporotic fractures of the proximal femur. What's new?].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2012Review
- [Clinical evaluation of PFNA® and relationship between the tip-apex distance and mechanical failure].Der Unfallchirurg · 2011Article
- NEW GENERATION NAIL VS. PLATE IN THE TREATMENT OF UNSTABLE INTERTROCHANTERIC FEMORAL FRACTURE.Acta ortopedica brasileiraArticle
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Abstract
backgroundCan the helical blade in proximal femur nailing antirotation (PFNA) reach a better bony fixation than proximal femur nailing (PFN), thereby decreasing complication rates and improving clinical outcomes especially in osteoporotic bone? MATERIALS AND
methodsIn a retrospective study complications and clinical treatment results of pertrochanteric and subtrochanteric femoral fractures were analyzed. For this purpose a group of patients stabilized with PFN (n=65) were compared to a patient group treated with PFNA (n=66). Objective and subjective parameters were acquired and analyzed by clinical follow-up studies using the Merle d'Aubigné score and X-ray evaluation. Individual bone quality was analyzed radiologically by determining the Singh index. The mean follow-up time was 7 months in each group.
resultsThe PFNA showed a decrease in postoperative implant-associated complications especially in osteoporotic bone and unstable fracture types.
conclusionThe philosophy of the PFNA blade with better fixation through an increased implant-bone-interface and smaller cross-section, compaction of cancellous bone as well as an antirotational fixation, seems to show advantages compared to the double screw system of the PFN.
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