Clinical outcomes following treatment of extracapsular hip fractures with long compared with short cephalomedullary nails
Patients treated with long and short cephalomedullary nails for extracapsular hip fractures experienced a similar recovery in QoL. The implants had similar risk profiles in terms of mortality and surgical complications, although the risk of blood transfusion was higher after treatment with a long cephalomedullary nail. Surgeons may choose between long and short cephalomedullary nails according to the fracture type and patient factors in the knowledge that both implants provide similar outcomes.
Authors
- Matthew Lee Costa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3644-1388)
- En Lin Goh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0331-1803)
- Xavier Luke Griffin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2976-7523)
- Juul Achten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8857-5743)
- David Metcalfe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1008-3105)
- Duncan Appelbe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1493-0391)
- May Ee Png (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5876-9363)
- Jonathan Cook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3432-5191)
Institutions
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Bone & Joint Journal
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.107b12.bjj-2025-0482.r1
- Primary Topic
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00