Some 38% to 50% of fractures in the hip area are intertrochanteric. Intertrochanteric fractures are rare in younger people. Your risk increases as you age and your bones become weaker.

There was also no difference between intertrochanteric and subtrochanteric fracture types or between the ... Implantation of either a DHS or a Gamma nail to treat a proximal femoral fracture will be ...

An intertrochanteric fracture is a specific type of hip fracture. “Intertrochanteric” means “between the trochanters,” which are bony protrusions on the femur (thighbone). They’re the ...

Hip fractures (categorized according to anatomical location as a femoral-neck fracture or an intertrochanteric or subtrochanteric fracture) can have a devastating effect on quality of life and ...

Although most patients with intertrochanteric hip fractures can be effectively treated with either sliding hip screws or use of the InterTAN intermedullary device, the InterTAN device provided ...

A femoral neck fracture may cut off the blood circulation to the ball of your hip by tearing the blood vessels. Intertrochanteric hip fracture: An intertrochanteric hip fracture occurs farther away.

Doyle, Daniel S. Horwitz, MD, and colleagues retrospectively reviewed data from nearly 3,000 intertrochanteric femur fractures treated with short proximal femoral nails between 2007 and 2023.

With the aging population, intertrochanteric femur fractures have become a critical public health concern, prompting a surge in research focused on trauma orthopedics. Traditional internal ...

An x-ray reveals a mid-shaft femur fracture. What is the orthopaedic management of this patient in the ER? Once the patient's airway, breathing, and circulation (ABCs) are cleared by the general ...