Open AccessIs it advantageous to use the intraoperative compression option of proximal femoral nail antirotation in the treatment of osteoporotic intertrochanteric fractures? A retrospective comparative study
Author(s) -
Hong-Man Cho,
Jiyeon Park,
Ki Hyun Kwon,
Young Lee
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2589-1294
pISSN - 1017-995X
DOI - 10.5152/j.aott.2021.20253
Subject(s) - medicine , intramedullary rod , surgery , impaction , nonunion , reduction (mathematics) , retrospective cohort study , mathematics , geometry
The aim of this study was to retrospectively compare the radiological and clinical results of intertrochanteric fractures treated with proximal femoral nail antirotation (PFNA) that were either intraoperatively compressed or non-compressed.
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