ArticleSICOT-J2018
Similar function and complications for patients with short versus long hip nailing for unstable pertrochanteric fractures.
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- Short versus long cephalomedullary nails for intertrochanteric femur fractures: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Surgical interventions for treating extracapsular hip fractures in older adults: a network meta-analysis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Rehabilitation protocols in unstable trochanteric fractures treated with cephalomedullary nails in elderly: current practices and outcome.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2020Pooled it
- Treating Intertrochanteric Fracture by Short and Long Cephalomedullary Nail: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Malaysian orthopaedic journal · 2026Article
- Controversies in the Treatment Strategies of Intertrochanteric Fractures: A Scoping Review and Discussion of a Literature-Based Algorithm.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Initial construct stability of long cephalomedullary nails with superior locking for a complex trochanteric fracture model AO31A2.2- a biomechanical study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- Extending the intermedullary nail will not reduce the potential risk of femoral head varus in PFNA patients biomechanically: a clinical review and corresponding numerical simulation.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Review
- Augmented versus non-augmented Trochanteric Fixation Nail-Advanced (TFNA) nails for treating trochanteric fractures in patients over sixty-five years of age.International orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Subtrochanteric Fractures of The Femur: May a Short Nail Be a Reliable Option?The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2024Article
- Comparison of post-op opioid use and pain between short and long cephalomedullary nails in elderly intertrochanteric fractures.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2023Article
- Comparison of Outcomes of Long Versus Short Cephalomedullary Nails for the Fixation of Intertrochanteric Femur Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 14,547 Patients.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2023Review
- Double lag-screw compression for optimal fixation of intertrochanteric fractures with large fragment gap: A technical note.SICOT-J · 2023Article
- CT analysis of femoral malrotation after intramedullary nailing of trochanteric fractures.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2022Article
- Use of a Trochanteric Fixation Nail-Advanced (TFNA) with cement augmentation for treatment of trochanteric fractures in patients greater than sixty five years of age.International orthopaedics · 2022Article
- Short or long intramedullary devices for hip fracture? A systematic review of the evidence.Journal of orthopaedicsArticle
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Abstract
purposeTo compare short with long intramedullary hip nailing for elderly patients with unstable pertrochanteric fractures.
methodsWe prospectively studied 50 patients (33 women, 17 men; mean age, 80 years; range, 74-93 years) with unstable pertrochanteric fractures admitted and treated with a short (group A) or a long (group B) intramedullary hip nail from January 2013 to 2017. The patients were randomly allocated into each group according to their order of admission. The mean follow-up was 2 years (range, 1-5 years). We evaluated operative time, function, fracture healing, varus/valgus loss of reduction, and distance between the distal line of the fracture and the distal locking screw of the nail.
resultsOperative time was significantly shorter in group A. Function, fracture healing and varus/valgus loss of reduction was similar between the two groups. The mean distance between the distal fracture line and distal locking screw was 7.2 cm (range, 3-10 cm) in patients of group A; in all patients of group B, an appropriate nail length was chosen so that the distal locking screw was inserted at least 3 times the diameter of the bone at the distal fracture line. Complications included periprosthetic fracture (one patient of group A), and z-effect phenomenon (one patient of group B); complications rate was similar between the two groups.
conclusionShort intramedullary hip nailing is associated with similar function and complications, but shorter operative time compared to long intramedullary hip nails for patients with unstable pertrochanteric fractures.
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