Salvage options following failed surgical hip fracture repair: Part II, extracapsular proximal femoral fractures.

Surgical repair of extracapsular hip fractures is associated with a higher rate of successful healing compared to intracapsular fractures; however, a small subset of patients may still experience complications or treatment failure. Potential modes of failure include nonunion, peri-implant fracture, malalignment, cortical impingement or perforation and hardware failure with or without lag screw cutout. Factors determining salvage method include physiologic age, functionality, bone quality, and fracture stability. In this review, potential complications of extracapsular hip fracture repair are described with proposed solutions and supporting literature, when available.