Why the study?
Does a 120 degrees blade plate reinforced by a strut improve fracture union and allow early weightbearing in patients older than 60 years with unstable intertrochanteric fractures?
Population
358 patients older than 60 years of age with unstable intertrochanteric and proximal subtrochanteric fractures
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
mean 16 months
Authors
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May support early weightbearing in select elderly patients; hypothesis-generating without controlled comparisons.
Does a 120 degrees blade plate reinforced by a strut improve fracture union and allow early weightbearing in patients older than 60 years with unstable intertrochanteric fractures?
A 120-degree blade plate reinforced by a strut provides strong fixation for unstable intertrochanteric fractures, allowing early weightbearing and achieving high union rates.
Baixauli et al. (1999) studied this question.
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