• Department of Orthopaedics, the People's Hospital of Longhua District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518109, P. R. China;
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Objective To compare the therapeutic effect between intramedullary fixation and external fixation on intertrochanteric fracture. Methods Between June 2005 and June 2011, 32 patients with Evans-Jensen type Ⅲ intertrochanteric fracture were treated with proximal femoral nail anti-rotation (PFNA), Gamma nail, dynamic hip screw plate (DHS) or locking compression plate (LCP), separately. The operation duration, peri-operative bleeding, load time, Harris hip score and postoperative complications were observed in the patients, and were used to analyze the therapeutic effect among the four methods. Results Shorter operation duration, less bleeding in the surgery, smaller quantity of drainage after the operation (P<0.05) were found in group Gamma and group PFNA compared with those in group DHS and LCP. The duration of hospitalization didn't differ much between the two fixation systems (P>0.05). The difference in operation duration, operative bleeding and post-operative drainage between group Gamma and PFNA, and between group DHS and LCP was not significant (P>0.05). Conclusion The intramedullary fixation was better than external fixation for Evans-Jensen type Ⅲ intertrochanteric fracture.

Citation: XIAOLiu-bin, FUZhao-xia, WANGQing-hua, LAIJun-cheng, HUGuang-ping. Comparison of the Therapeutic Effect of Intramedullary Fixation and Medullary External Fixation on Evans-Jensen Type Ⅲ Intertrochanteric Fracture. West China Medical Journal, 2014, 29(11): 2023-2027. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20140613 Copy

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