1. IMHS clinical experience in the treatment of peritrochanteric fractures: The results of a multicentric Italian study of 981 cases
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Rebuzzi, E., Pannone, A., Schiavetti, S., Santoriello, P., de Nicola, U., Fancellu, G., Cau, P., Gulli, S., Dordolin, P., Maniscalco, P., Morici, F., Commessatti, M., Pozzi-Mucelli, M., Maiorana, C.S., and Bassini, F.
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INTRAMEDULLARY fracture fixation , *BONE screws , *HIP joint , *HIP surgery , *RESEARCH , *RESEARCH methodology , *SURGICAL complications , *RADIOGRAPHY , *RETROSPECTIVE studies , *EVALUATION research , *MEDICAL cooperation , *COMPARATIVE studies , *HIP joint injuries , *WALKING , *BONE fractures - Abstract
This retrospective study evaluates the results obtained in five Italian departments of traumatology in the treatment of peritrochanteric (pertrochanteric and subtrochanteric) fractures by the intramedullary hip screw (IMHS; Smith & Nephew Richards, Memphis, TN, USA) nail. One thousand two hundred and seventy-three patients were treated with the IMHS nail between March 1992 and February 2000.The results of these operations were evaluated clinically and radiological in 981 patients. The 90.3% of patients could walk unaided or with simple support. Because of the low complication rate requiring re-operation (postoperative shaft fractures, screw penetrated the acetabulum, cut out and non-union) (1.7%), we think that this device is an advance in the treatment of peritrochanteric fractures. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2002
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