Background: Intramedullary nailing of pertrochanteric femoral fractures has grown in popularity over the past 2 decades likely because this procedure is associated with a low risk for ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Patients with pertrochanteric fractures treated with either short cephalomedullary nails or long cephalomedullary nails had similar outcomes with regard to SF-36 and Harris hip ...

While there are a variety of techniques available to treat pathological fractures of the pertrochanteric femur, a survey of MSTS members, conducted by Healey and co-author Matthew Steensma ...

Through the Z Benefit Packages, expenses for orthopedic implants for hip arthroplasty, hip fixation, pertrochanteric fracture and femoral shaft fracture are now covered for members who pass the ...

It is intended to be used in two clinical indications: Traumatology, for contralateral percutaneous internal fixation of proximal femur, in patient with a low energy pertrochanteric fracture on ...

From January 2006 to December 2008 we conducted a prospective single-center study including 84 consecutive patients with pertrochanteric femoral fractures treated with either a Gamma 3 Nail (GN ...