Medial cortical reduction does not influence outcomes in geriatric intertrochanteric femur fractures treated with proximal femoral nail
The type of reduction achieved based on medial cortical alignment does not affect the femur neck length shortening or varus collapse. Future randomized controlled trials are needed to validate the findings noted in the study.
Authors
- Prabu Mounisamy
- Hanoop Suresh
- Naveen Jeyaraman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4362-3326)
- Sathish Muthu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7143-4354)
- Madhan Jeyaraman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9045-9493)
- Sushma Chandrashekar
- D Udayakumar
Institutions
- Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute (IN)
- ACS Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Orthopaedic Research Group (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Orthopedics
- Published
- 2025-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v16.i4.106862
- Primary Topic
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00