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. 2018 Aug 22;13(1):207.
doi: 10.1186/s13018-018-0911-1.

The relationship between the type of unstable intertrochanteric femur fracture and mobility in the elderly

O Karakus  1 , G Ozdemir  2   3 , S Karaca  2 , M Cetin  2 , B Saygi  2   4
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The relationship between the type of unstable intertrochanteric femur fracture and mobility in the elderly

O Karakus et al. J Orthop Surg Res. .

Abstract

Background: The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of uniform anti-rotational proximal femoral intramedullary nail (APFN) use on patient mobility status with the treatment of two different unstable intertrochanteric femur fracture groups of geriatric patients.

Methods: The study included patients aged > 65 years who underwent surgery with APFN. Group 1 comprised AO classification, AO/OTA 31-A22, and A23 patients, and group 2, A31 and A32 patients. The demographic data of the patients, postoperative complications, follow-up, mortality status, postoperative reduction, tip-apex distance (TAD), and the Parker-Palmer mobility (PPM) score were evaluated.

Results: There were no statistically significant differences between the groups in terms of gender, affected side, time from trauma to surgery, ASA score, anesthesia type, duration of hospitalization, duration of surgery, TAD values, reduction values, or mortality rate. The average age of patients in group 2 was significantly higher than that of patients in group 1 (p < 0.05). The mobility scores of group 1 patients were significantly higher than those of group 2 (p < 0.05).

Conclusions: While no relationship was found between the TAD values and the reduction status of the cases, the PPM scores of the AO 31 A3 cases were determined to be significantly worse. Therefore, fractures with a preoperative classification of AO type 31 A3 can be expected to have worse results than A2 ITF fractures. The fracture type seems to have as great an effect as other factors on the postoperative mobility score.

Keywords: Early mobilization; Fracture fixation; Intertrochanteric fractures; Intramedullary nailing.

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Ethical approval was obtained from Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital ethics committee/2015.

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