ArticleClinical interventions in aging2015
Mechanical failures after fixation with proximal femoral nail and risk factors.
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- Functional outcomes of salvage hip arthroplasty in failed proximal femoral nails: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of trauma and injury · 2026Article
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- Time Is Bone: Missed Opportunities for Secondary Prevention After a Hip Fracture.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Comparative analysis of proximal femoral nail and dynamic hip screw devices for the treatment of unstable trochanteric fractures AO31A2.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2025Article
- Predicting mechanical complications in proximal femoral nailing for elderly patients: a radiological scoring system based on a single-centre retrospective cohort with 586 cases.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Article
- Single-stage total hip arthroplasty after failed fixation of proximal femoral fractures: an increased risk for periprosthetic joint infections?Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2022Article
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- A finite element analysis and cyclic load experiment on an additional transcortical-type hole formed around the proximal femoral nail system's distal locking screw.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- Evaluation of functional outcome and comparison of three different surgical modalities for management of intertrochanteric fractures in elderly population.International journal of burns and trauma · 2022Article
- Long-term outcomes of distal locking in extracapsular fractures treated with trochanteric Gamma3 nails.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2021Article
- Intramedullary Nail Breakage and Mechanical Displacement in Patients with Proximal Femoral Fractures: A Commercial and Medicare Supplemental Claims Database Analysis.Medical devices (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
- TFNA Implant Failure with Helical Blade Cut-out.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2020Article
- Customised proximal femoral nail in treatment of intertrochanteric fracture with ipsilateral femoral shaft malunion: A case report.Trauma case reports · 2020Article
- Distal interlocking for short trochanteric nails: static, dynamic or no locking? Review of the literature and decision algorithm.EFORT open reviews · 2020Review
- A simple reproducible technique for the retrieval of broken proximal femoral blades, a technical note and review of literature.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2020Article
- [Surgical revision for complications after gamma3-nailing osteosynthesis of proximal humeral fractures : Follow-up series of 1500 patients].Der Unfallchirurg · 2019Article
- Intertrochanteric fractures: a review of fixation methods.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2016Review
- NEW GENERATION NAIL VS. PLATE IN THE TREATMENT OF UNSTABLE INTERTROCHANTERIC FEMORAL FRACTURE.Acta ortopedica brasileiraArticle
- Screw versus helical proximal femoral nail in the treatment of unstable trochanteric fractures in the elderly.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and traumaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aims at assessing the clinical results, radiographic findings, and associated complications after osteosynthesis of trochanteric hip fractures with proximal femoral nail (PFN).
methodsA total of 152 patients with hip fractures who underwent osteosynthesis with PFN were included. The hip fracture types in the patients included in the study were classified according to the American Orthopedic/Orthopedic Trauma Association (AO/OTA). AO/OTA A1, A2, and A3 type fractures were found in 24 (15.8%), 107 (70.4%), and 21 (13.8%) patients, respectively. The Baumgaertner scale was used to assess the degree of postoperative reduction. The Salvati-Wilson hip function (SWS) scoring system was used to evaluate functional results. After a follow-up period, clinical and radiographic results were evaluated and complications were assessed. The relationship between the complications and SWS score, age, sex, fracture type, reduction quality, and time from the fracture to surgery was evaluated.
resultsEighty-five (55.9%) female patients and 67 (44.1%) male patients were enrolled in the study. Seventy-nine (51.9%) patients had left hip fractures, and 73 (48.1%) had right hip fractures. The mean age was 76 (range 21-93) years, and the mean follow-up duration was 23.6 (range 7-49) months. Postoperatively, one patient (0.6%) had a poor reduction, 16 patients (10.5%) had an acceptable reduction, and 135 patients (88.9%) had a good reduction according to the above criteria. The SWS scores were excellent, good, moderate, and poor in 91 (59.8%), 45 (29.6%), 15 (9.8%), and one (0.6%) patients, respectively. Late postoperative complications were seen in 27 patients (17.7%). A total of 14 patients (9.2%) underwent a revision procedure for mechanical complications.
conclusionThe study results suggest that the quality of fracture reduction is an important factor that affects the revision rate and SWS score in patients with mechanical complications after osteosynthesis with PFN for trochanteric fractures.
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