Open AccessIntertrochanteric fractures in elderly high risk patients treated with Ender nails and compression screw
Author(s) -
Sidhartha Gangadharan,
Mithun Nambiar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.65154
Subject(s) - medicine , intramedullary rod , surgery , osteoporosis , intertrochanteric fracture , fixation (population genetics) , internal fixation , population , environmental health
Ender and Simon Weidner popularized the concept of closed condylocephlic nailing for intertrochanteric fractures in 1970. The clinical experience of authors revealed that Ender nailing alone cannot provide secure fixation in elderly patients with osteoporosis. Hence we conducted a study to evaluate the efficacy of a combined fixation procedure using Ender nails and a cannulated compression screw for intertrochanteric fractures.