This review outlines the major complications of intertrochanteric fractures and provides guidelines to avoid them by understanding fracture personality and choosing the correct implant.
May guide implant selection to reduce intertrochanteric fracture complications; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
Intrertrochanteric fractures are not very prone for complications, however when complications do occur they are quite disabling and challenging. Major complications can be avoided by understanding the personality of the fracture and by choosing correct implant. Complications can be listed as implant cut out, non union, implant failure, peri implant fracture and general medical complications. In this review we present the current evidence related to complications of Intertrochanteric fracture and also certain guidelines to avoid these complications Keywords: Intertrochanteric fractures, complications, failure
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