Short versus long cephalomedullary nails for the treatment of intertrochanteric hip fractures in patients older than 65 years

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 391-397

  Kleweno, Conor ^a   Morgan, Jordan ^a   Redshaw, James ^b   Harris, Mitchel ^c   Rodriguez, Edward ^b   Zurakowski, David ^d   Vrahas, Mark ^a   Appleton, Paul ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

failure; fixation; fracture; hip; intertrochanteric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HELICAL BLADE CUTOUT; HIP FRACTURE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTERTROCHANTERIC HIP FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LOCKING SCREW; LONG CEPHALOMEDULLARY NAIL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPEN REDUCTION; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCREW BLADE CUTOUT; SHORT CEPHALOMEDULLARY NAIL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84903279462     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000000036     Document Type: Article

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