Why the study?
Does treatment with Ender pins reduce secondary operations and loss of fixation compared with a compression hip-screw in patients with unstable intertrochanteric fractures of the hip?
Population
Patients with unstable intertrochanteric fractures of the hip (more than 100 patients in each treatment group)
Comparison
Ender pins vs Compression hip-screw
Design
RCT, randomized
Follow-up
6 months
Authors
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Compression hip-screw preferred over Ender pins to minimize reoperations; supports abandoning Ender pins for unstable intertrochanteric fractures.
Does treatment with Ender pins reduce secondary operations and loss of fixation compared with a compression hip-screw in patients with unstable intertrochanteric fractures of the hip?
Ender pins are associated with a higher rate of secondary operations and loss of fixation compared to compression hip-screws for unstable intertrochanteric hip fractures.
Sernbo et al. (1988) studied this question.
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