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Use Of Femoral Nail With Spiral Blade In Subtrochanteric Fractures, Masood Umer, Haroon Rashid, Idrees Shah, Irfan Qadir
Use Of Femoral Nail With Spiral Blade In Subtrochanteric Fractures, Masood Umer, Haroon Rashid, Idrees Shah, Irfan Qadir
Section of Orthopaedic Surgery
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of acute subtrochanteric fractures managed with intramedullary nail and spiral blade fixation of the proximal fragment.
Methods: Charts of 33 patients (17 males and 16 females) with acute subtrochanteric fractures operated with intramedullary nail and spiral blade at our institution between March 2006 and February 2011 were retrospectively reviewed. The most common (67%) mechanism of injury was ground-level fall, predominantly involving elderly patients. Results were evaluated in terms of union time, implant failure rate, infection rate and functional outcome.
Results: Mean duration of surgery was 2.4 hours and average …