ArticleBiomedical journal2016
Factors affect stability of intertrochanteric fractures when elderly patients fall.
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- Does Fracture Severity of Intertrochanteric Fracture in Elderly Caused by Low-Energy Trauma Affected by Gluteus Muscle Volume?Hip & pelvis · 2022Article
- Procedure for Femoral Intertrochanteric Fractures using the "Three-Finger Method" Assisted by Proximal Femoral Nail Antirotation.Orthopaedic surgery · 2020Article
- The Associations of Serum Vitamin D and Bone Turnover Markers with the Type and Severity of Hip Fractures in Older Women.Clinical interventions in aging · 2020Article
- The Relationship Between BMI and Stability of Intertrochanteric Fracture Following Low-Energy Falls. A Retrospective Cohort Study.Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation · 2019Article
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- Association between lateral femoral wall thickness and BMD with the occurrence of lateral wall fracture in DHS fixation.Journal of orthopaedicsArticle
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Abstract
backgroundFactors affecting the stability of intertrochanteric fractures when elderly patients fall are few to be reported. In this retrospective study, possible factors were investigated.
methodsTwo hundred and twenty-three consecutive elderly patients (≥65 years) with intertrochanteric fractures due to low energy injuries were studied. Patient age, gender, body mass index (BMI), body weight and height were compared between fractures with stable (AO/OTA type A1, intact lesser trochanter, 80 patients) and unstable (AO/OTA types A2, A3, displaced lesser trochanter or reverse obliquity fractures, 143 patients) types. Statistical approaches with univariate and multivariate analyses were performed.
resultsThere was no statistical difference in patient gender, age, body weight or height between patients with stable and unstable fractures in both univariate and multivariate analysis. However, BMI was statistically higher in patients with unstable fractures (22.7 vs 21.4, p = 0.01) in univariate analysis, but without a difference in multivariate analysis (p = 0.07).
conclusionsStability of intertrochanteric fractures may be not associated with gender, age, body weight and height or BMI when elderly patients fall. Bone mineral density or impact direction may be other possible contributing factors but requires further proofs.
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