Intertrochanteric Femur Fracture Treatment in Asia: What We Know and What the World Can Learn.

This article summarizes 10 concepts in hip fracture treatment over the past 20 years, including fracture line mapping, proximal lateral wall and anterior cortex, posteromedial lesser trochanter-calcar fragment, anteromedial cortex support reduction, changes of fracture reduction after sliding and secondary stability, nail entry point and wedge-open deformity, tip-apex distance and calcar-referenced tip-apex distance, femoral anterior bowing and nail modification, long nails for wide medullary canal and large posterior coronal fragment, and postoperative stability score. PMID: 32138857 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Orthopedic Clinics of North America - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Orthop Clin North Am Source Type: research