Tip-apex distance of intramedullary devices as a predictor of cut-out failure in the treatment of peritrochanteric elderly hip fractures
Geller J, Saifi C, Morrison T, Macaulay W. Tip-apex distance of intramedullary devices as a predictor of cut-out failure in the treatment of peritrochanteric elderly hip fractures. International Orthopaedics 2009, 34: 719-722. PMID: 19618186, PMCID: PMC2903170, DOI: 10.1007/s00264-009-0837-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTip-apex distanceScrew cut-outSliding hip screwHip fractureFracture unionHip screwIT fracturesFollow-upTip apex distance valueLag screw cut-outElderly hip fracturesIntertrochanteric (ITAdequate follow-upCut-out failureStatistically significant differenceIntramedullary (IMRetrospective studyClinical outcomesImplant failureRate of revisionPatientsIntramedullary deviceSignificant differenceFunctional statusAccurate predictor
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