Affiliation:
1. Junior Resident, Orthopaedic Department, Career Institute of Medical Sciences & Hospital,Lucknow
2. Professor & Head, Orthopaedic Department, Career Institute of Medical Sciences & Hospital,Lucknow
3. Professor, Orthopaedic Department, Career Institute of Medical Sciences & Hospital,Lucknow
Abstract
Introduction: Proximal femoral Fractures are a subset of fractures that occur in the hip region and occupy large
proportion of hospitalization amongst trauma cases.An overwhelming majority of these patients (>90%) are aged above
50 years. These are classified on the basis of anatomic location for example, femur neck fracture; inter trochanteric
fracture and subtrochanteric fracture.Therefore,the aim of the present study was to achieve fracture union by using two
different kinds of internal fixation modality devices in similar type of fractures. Material and Methods: This is a
randomized prospective study of 40 cases of intertrochanteric fractures,admitted to Career Institute of Medical Science,
Lucknow.All fractures were classified by the Seinsheimer classification system.The patients were treated with proximal
femoral nailing (PFN) and/or dynamic hip screw (DHS) and were categorised randomly into two groups, each of 20
patients, 20 were treated by dynamic hip screw and 20 were treated with proximal femoral nail (PFN). Results: The
intraoperative parameters were in favour of PFN with significantly less duration of surgery,length of incision and blood
loss but more fluoroscopy time.Postoperatively also,PFN group patients excelled with significantly less post-operative
pain, less incidence of deep infection, less mean limb length discrepancy and more patients regaining their pre injury
walking capability with also fewer complications. Conclusion: PFN emerged to be superior to DHS in unstable
intertrochanteric fractures.Intramedullary implants have been quite effective in sub-trochanteric fractures and should
be preferred better than extra-medullary plate fixation systems.
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