Comparative Study of the Management of Intertrochanteric Fracture Femur With Proximal Femoral Nail vs. the Dynamic Hipscrew With Derotation Screw in Elderly Population.

BACKGROUND

Intertrochanteric fractures can be treated, both by conservative and operative methods depending upon the status of the patient. The purpose of this study was to assess the functional outcome of intertrochanteric fracture of femur treated with dynamic hip screw (DHS) with de-rotation screw comparing and proximal femoral nail (PFN).

METHODOLOGY: We compared 30 (male: 23, female: seven) cases of intertrochanteric fractures with a mean age of the population was 65 years and male to female ratio in was 2.75:1. Patients were recruited in this study having inclusion criteria of adults above 50 years of age, isolated intertrochanteric fractures of the AO Foundation/Orthopaedic Trauma Association (AO/OTA) type A1 and A2, fracture less than two weeks, and intertrochanteric fracture with or without distal extension.

RESULTS

Post-operatively, patients treated by either of these two methods were statistically analyzed in terms of comparing advantages and disadvantages in terms of the time of fracture union and outcome of both above-mentioned procedures using Harris hip score.

CONCLUSION

PFN gives better results than DHS with De-Rotation Screw-in intertrochanteric fractures in terms of the amount of blood loss during surgery, duration of surgery, early toe-touch weight-bearing, and Harris hip scores. There is no difference between the two modalities in terms of duration of hospitalization, fracture union, mortality and morbidity, and postoperative complications.