Clinical and investigative medicine. Médecine clinique et experimentale
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Quality of Life Following Treatment of Trochanteric Fractures with Proximal Femoral Nail versus Cementless Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty in Elderly.
There is currently no gold standard treatment for unstable intertrochanteric fractures of the elderly. Internal fixation and hemiarthroplasty are two common treatment methods but studies comparing the functional outcomes of these procedures in the elderly are limited. This study evaluates the functional outcomes of hip fracture patients treated either with internal fixation or hemiarthroplasty. ⋯ Internal fixation resulted in better social functioning and mobility scores compared with cementless bipolar hemiarthroplasty at the end of 24 months in treatment of unstable pertrochanteric hip fracture in the elderly.