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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cheung, Zoe B.
• Xiao, Ryan
• Forsh, David A.

Titel

Timing of proximal femoral shortening in the early postoperative period after cephalomedullary nailing of hip fractures

Ist Teil von

• Journal of orthopaedics, 2020-11, Vol.22, p.143-145

Ort / Verlag

India: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

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EZB-FREE-00999 freely available EZB journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Examine the timing of proximal femoral shortening (PFS) after cephalomedullary nailing of hip fractures. A retrospective cohort study of 21 patients ≥50 years old with pertrochanteric hip fractures treated with a short cephalomedullary nail (CMN) was performed. Abductor lever arm shortening, femoral height shortening, and PFS were measured. Mean PFS at 10–21 days postoperatively was 5.54 mm, compared to 11.31 mm at final follow-up. The percentage of total PFS that occurred within 10–21 days postoperatively was 53.9%. Approximately half of total PFS occurs within 1.5–3 weeks and is notable on radiographs by the first postoperative visit.