Healio: Study supports use of sliding hip screws for stable peritrochanteric hip fractures
Study supports use of sliding hip screws for stable peritrochanteric hip fractures
Healio: Sliding hip screws validated for use in treating stable peritrochanteric hip fractures
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sliding hip screws may become the preferred device for stable peritrochanteric hip fractures based on recent ...
Sliding hip screws validated for use in treating stable peritrochanteric hip fractures
Patients who received intramedullary nails (IMNs) to repair trochanteric fractures reported no difference in health-related quality of life compared with those who received sliding hip screws (SHS), ...
That study compared two types of bone screws (cancellous screws versus a sliding hip screw) for fracture repair in 1,079 patients from 81 clinical sites in the United States, Canada, Australia, the ...
Extramedullary implants, such as sliding hip screws, have similar clinical outcomes to intramedullary devices. However, some studies have shown that intramedullary implants have a higher reoperation ...
Healio: Registry data support sliding hip screws for simple two-part trochanteric fractures
MINNEAPOLIS — Although data for 7,643 AO/OTA type A1 trochanteric fractures treated with either intramedullary nails or sliding hip screws reported in the Norwegian Hip Fracture Registry showed ...
Healio: Hip plating system yielded similar quality of life outcomes vs sliding hip screw
Hip plating system yielded similar quality of life outcomes vs sliding hip screw
- Most middle-aged and older adults recover their ability to live independently within a year after surgery for hip fracture, reports a study in the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.