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Management of intertrochanteric femur fracture by proximal femoral nail and its functional outcome: A prospective study

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022
Background: Intertrochanteric fractures are commonly encountered in orthopedics practice. Achieving early mobilization in patients with intertrochanteric fractures is the cornerstone of management.
Satish Divakar Mehta , Rahil Jiwani , Abhijit Maruti Kadam , Bharat Pawar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Osteoporotic Hip Fractures: 10-year Review in a Singaporean Hospital

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2015
Purpose. To review records of 2702 patients with osteoporotic hip fractures in a Singaporean hospital. Methods. Medical records of 1905 women and 797 men, aged 50 to 112 (median, 78) years, who were admitted to a Singaporean hospital with an osteoporotic
Wei Loong Barry Tan, Siew Leng Low, Liang Shen, Shamal Das De   +3 more
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Predictors and reduction techniques for irreducible reverse intertrochanteric fractures

Chinese Medical Journal, 2019
. Background:. Reverse intertrochanteric fractures are usually initially treated with closed reduction. However, sometimes these fractures are not amenable to closed reduction and require open reduction.
You-Liang Hao, Zhi-Shan Zhang, Fang Zhou, Hong-Quan Ji, Yun Tian, Yan Guo, Yang Lyu, Zhong-Wei Yang, Guo-Jin Hou, Yi Cui   +9 more
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Reverse LISS plating for intertrochanteric Hip Fractures in elderly patients

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2010
Background Fractures of the intertrochanteric hip are common and the treatment of unstable fractures generally requires an operative approach. In elderly patients, osteoporosis makes internal fixation problematic and frequently contributes to failed ...
Chen SB, Yao C, Jin DX, Sun Y, Zhang CQ, Zeng BF   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cementless bipolar hemiarthroplasty compared with proximal femoral nail anti-rotation of unstable intertrochanteric fractures in senile patients with osteoporosis: a retrospective study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022
Background Implant design for the correction of osteoporotic unstable intertrochanteric fractures in elderly patients is a controversial issue. Our study aims to compare the efficacy of PFNA and cementless bipolar hemiarthroplasty (CBH) in treating ...
Chengkui Cai, Liying Tian, Zhihui Chen, Pengcheng Sun, Guozhu Wang   +4 more
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Functional outcome of intertrochanteric fractures treated with trochanteric stabilizing plates [PDF]

, 2023
Background: Intertrochanteric fractures account for significant percentage of health care costs and result in high rates of morbidity and mortality.
Abdul Malik Nagori, Sharma, Vidur, Patil, Digvijay S., Paneliya, Manan B., Vidur Sharma, Aaishree Shetty, Nagori, Abdul Malik, Sunil H. Shetty, Digvijay S. Patil, Shetty, Aaishree, Shetty, Sunil H., Manan B. Paneliya   +11 more
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Diagnostic strategy for elderly patients with isolated greater trochanter fractures on plain radiographs

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2018
Background Isolated greater trochanter (GT) fractures are relatively rare and few studies have assessed the appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for these fractures.
Nam Hoon Moon, Won Chul Shin, Min Uk Do, Seung Hun Woo, Seung Min Son, Kuen Tak Suh   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hip fracture types in men and women change differently with age

BMC Geriatrics, 2010
Background Hip fractures are expensive and a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. In most studies hip fractures have been viewed as a unitary fracture but recently the two main types of fracture (intertrochanteric and subcapital ...
Chesworth Bert, Crilly Richard G, Tanner David A, Kloseck Marita, Gilliland Jason   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Femoral Intertrochanteric Fractures of the Patients in the Emergency Department due to Minor Falls: Special Consideration in the Middle-old to Oldest-old Patients [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2019
Background The older population (≥65 years) has rapidly increased in size in recent years. Among them, the middle-to-oldest-old (≥75 years) tend to have a poor health status.
Jung Min Jang, Han Sung Choi, Jong Seok Lee, Ki Young Jeong, Hoon Pyo Hong, Seok Hoon Ko   +5 more
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Error replication as an instructional strategy in simulation‐based procedural learning

Medical Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Errors are an inevitable part of clinical learning, yet procedural training commonly emphasises error avoidance. This study examined the effect of deliberate replication of predefined procedural errors (Error Replication; ER), compared with error avoidance training (EAT), on post‐test performance, retention and transfer in surgical ...
Jacob Faurholdt, Mads Emil Jacobsen, Martin Grønnebæk Tolsgaard, Amandus Gustafsson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source