Abstract peritrochanteric fractures are devastating injuries that most commonly affect the elderly population and also the young. Ravi shah md and the orthopaedic trauma association, www.ota.org.
Proximal femoral neck and peritrochanteric fractures are a devastating musculoskeletal injury resulting in markedly increased patient morbidity and mortality. Concomitant diseases and osteoporosis place high demands on the primary stability of the operative treatment. Peritrochanteric fracture is a leading cause of hospital admissions in.
• involving the trochanter and frequent extension into the subtrochanteric region.
• involving the trochanter and frequent extension into the subtrochanteric region. • *evaluate for pathologic fracture if radiographs or. A trochanteric fracture is a fracture involving the greater and/or lesser trochanters of the femur. Osgood describes how to identify a peritrochanteric hip. All femoral neck fractures in this 5. Watch this video to learn more as dr. Outcomes were grouped into no complication. Fractures along the intertrochanteric line 2 the biomet peritrochanteric nail is inserted over the guide wire and into the medullary canal, by. It is preferable for a number of reasons to use a long extramedullary device even though a limited open. Classification fractures in these regions can be classified as: Interestingly, pertrochanteric fractures comprise approximately 50 % of all proximal femur fractures and occur in an older patient population than do femoral neck fractures 12 . .peritrochanteric fractures and in part from the difficult features of femoral shaft fractures. Peritrochanteric fracture is a leading cause of hospital admissions in. The confounding, curios & commonplace. Extracapsular fractures of the proximal femur between the greater and lesser trochanters. • involving the trochanter and frequent extension into the subtrochanteric region. Demographics, fracture morphology, preoperative imaging, rationale against nailing, and outcomes were collected.