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Conventional vs biologic subtrochanteric hip fracture fixation with proximal locked plate

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November 2016

Conventional vs biologic subtrochanteric hip fracture fixation with proximal locked plate

Vol: 5| Issue: 11| Number:3| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Clinical outcome of conventional versus biological fixation of subtrochanteric fractures by proximal femoral locked plate

Injury. 2016 Jun;47(6):1309-17

Contributing Authors:
II El-Desouky MM Mohamed AE Kandil

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Synopsis

46 patients with a comminuted subtrochanteric femoral fracture were randomized to one of two different fixation groups. One group underwent open reduction and internal plate fixation with a limited exposure technique, "joy-stick" reduction under C-arm imaging, and submuscular plate placement ("biological fixation" group). The other group underwent standard ORIF (direct fixation group). Significant...

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