Open AccessDoes proximal femoral nail antirotation achieve better outcome than previous-generation proximal femoral nail?
Author(s) -
SeungHoon Baek,
Seung Ryong Baek,
Heejae Won,
Jong Pil Yoon,
Chul-Hee Jung,
ShinYoon Kim
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of orthopedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 2218-5836
DOI - 10.5312/wjo.v11.i11.483
Subject(s) - medicine , nail (fastener) , intramedullary rod , surgery , metallurgy , materials science
There are few studies in the literature comparing the clinical outcomes and radiographic results of proximal femoral nail (PFN) and proximal femoral nail antirotation (PFNA) for pertrochanteric femoral fracture (PFF) in elderly patients.