Clinical Trial: Retrospective Comparative Outcomes of Gamma and InterTAN Nail for Unstable Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Unstable Throchanteric Hip Fractures
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Quality of Reduction, Position of the Lag Screw and Mechanical Complications in Unstable Interthrochanteric Hip Fractures. A Comparison Between Gamma and InterTAN Nail.
Brief Summary:
Objective: compare outcomes of unstable intertrochanteric hip fractures treated with two commercially available implants.Design: retrospective observational cohort of 288 treated with a Gamma® nail and 398 with an InterTAN® nail.Patients were operated between 1997 and 2010.Primary outcomes: satisfactory reduction, optimal cephalic screw placement, and to evaluate the incidence of mechanical complications; secondary measures included the tip-apex distance (TAD), hematocrit (Hto) and hemoglobin (Hb) drop,…
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