Intertrochanteric hip fracture
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients diagnosed with intertrochanteric femoral fracture and who agree to participate in this study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) patients who do not undergo surgery 2) patients on whom short femoral nail is not used 3) patients who suffer any other fracture together with intertrochanteric femoral fracture 4) patients who had suffered any other fracture within 6 months prior to intertrochanteric femoral fracture 5) patients whose X-ray photography is insufficient to evaluate the indexes because of obscureness or overlap of screw and intramedullary nail
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Presence or absence of screw cutout within 3 months (12 weeks). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) The main surgeon's diagnosis of high risk sign of screw cutout 2) The pre/post-op change of modified Harris hip score | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Nippon Medical School Orthopedic Surgery