The intramedullary hip screw may represent a viable option for the treatment of reverse oblique intertrochanteric fractures (OTA/AO 31-A3), with results similar to those of other cephalomedullary ...

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of tranexamic acid (TXA) for patients with surgically treated intertrochanteric hip fractures, Steven B. Porter, MD, and investigators at the Mayo Clinic in ...

4. For a clearly stable fracture, the sliding hip screw was always more cost effective than other options. On the other hand, the intramedullary nail always dominated for clearly unstable fractures 5.

The fracture was reduced by a suitable method, a modified Leadbetter maneuver or, in the cases of some intertrochanteric fractures, traction with internal or external rotation.

100 cases each of femoral neck and intertrochanteric fractures were uploaded for online display on a secured, password protected e-adjudication platform (Global Adjudicator™).

Patients who received intramedullary nails (IMNs) to repair trochanteric fractures reported no difference in health-related quality of life compared with those who received sliding hip screws (SHS ...