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RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Anoop C Dhamangaonkar, Deepak Joshi, Arvind B Goregaonkar, Akhil A Tawari
PURPOSE: To compare the outcome in patients who underwent surgery for unstable intertrochanteric femoral fractures using the proximal femoral locking plate versus the dynamic hip screw (DHS). METHODS: 15 men and 5 women aged 32 to 78 (mean, 55) years were randomised to the proximal femoral locking plate group, whereas 14 men and 6 women aged 38 to 75 (mean, 59) years were randomised to the conventional 135-degree DHS group. The time to union, medialisation of the shaft, neck-shaft angle, limb shortening, varus collapse, and functional outcome (using the Hospital for Special Surgery Hip Rating System) were assessed...
December 2013: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
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