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  • Title: Mechanical complications of intertrochanteric hip fractures treated with trochanteric femoral nails.
    Author: Liu W, Zhou D, Liu F, Weaver MJ, Vrahas MS.
    Journal: J Trauma Acute Care Surg; 2013 Aug; 75(2):304-10. PubMed ID: 23887564.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The Trochanteric Fixation Nail System (TFN) was designed with a helical blade to improve resistance to cutout. We evaluated the incidence, modes, and predictors of failure for intertrochanteric hip fractures treated with this device. METHODS: A retrospective review of 341 intertrochanteric hip fractures treated with the TFN was conducted. Fractures were classified from the injury films using the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen/Orthopedic Trauma Association (AO/OTA) classification, and quality of reduction and hardware placement was evaluated on the initial postoperative films. RESULTS: Two hundred twenty-three patients met inclusion criteria. The overall rate of mechanical complications was 20.5%. Twenty-one patients (9.4%) had excessive lateral migration of the helical blade (≥10 mm). Fifteen patients (6.7%) had blade migration in the head, including 7 patients (3.1%) with typical cutout and 8 patients (3.6%) with medial perforation without loss of reduction. Three patients (1.3%) sustained a femoral shaft fracture at the tip of the nail. The quality of calcar reduction was significantly predictive of all modes of failure (p < 0.05), except femoral shaft fracture at the nail tip. CONCLUSION: The most common mechanical complication was lateral migration of the helical blade; however, this rarely led to a clinical problem. Medial migration of the blade in the head without loss of reduction was the second most frequent complication. We have identified a new complication associated with the TFN, that is, medial perforation without loss of reduction. Blade migration in the head was less frequent when blades were placed inferiorly with a tip-apex distance of at least 15 mm.
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