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Dynamic Hip Screw Fixation For Inter-Trochanteric Fractures: Determinants Of Outcomes, Adil Aijaz Shah, Santosh Kumar, Abdull Rehman
Dynamic Hip Screw Fixation For Inter-Trochanteric Fractures: Determinants Of Outcomes, Adil Aijaz Shah, Santosh Kumar, Abdull Rehman
Department of Surgery
bstract
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate factors associated with revision of dynamic hip screw implant in patients undergoing the procedure for the fixation of intertrochanteric fractures.
METHODS:
The retrospective study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, and comprised records of patients who had undergone dynamic hip screw fixation surgery between 2008 and 2012. Medical records and data for all patients were obtained from the medical records office. For all patients, the record files were systematically reviewed using a structured, pre-defined data extraction sheet. SPSS 20 was used statistical analysis.
RESULTS:
Out of 317 patients who had undergone the procedure, …