C C Wu1, C H Shih, M Y Lee, C L Tai. 1. Department of Orthopedics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the most adequate location of a lag screw of a dynamic hip screw in the treatment of an unstable intertrochanteric fracture. METHODS: Six pairs of proximal femora obtained from fresh adult cadavers were inflicted with iatrogenic unstable intertrochanteric fractures. Fractures of both sides were stabilized with two different favored locations of a lag screw and tested by a Material Testing System machine with increased loads to evaluate the relative migration of the femoral head. RESULTS: There was significant difference (p < 0.05) with less migration of the femoral head by inferior insertion of a lag screw in the frontal plane and central insertion in the coronal plane. CONCLUSIONS: Based on theoretical and experimental considerations, the most adequate location of a lag screw of a dynamic hip screw should be inferior in the frontal plane and central in the coronal plane.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the most adequate location of a lag screw of a dynamic hip screw in the treatment of an unstable intertrochanteric fracture. METHODS: Six pairs of proximal femora obtained from fresh adult cadavers were inflicted with iatrogenic unstable intertrochanteric fractures. Fractures of both sides were stabilized with two different favored locations of a lag screw and tested by a Material Testing System machine with increased loads to evaluate the relative migration of the femoral head. RESULTS: There was significant difference (p < 0.05) with less migration of the femoral head by inferior insertion of a lag screw in the frontal plane and central insertion in the coronal plane. CONCLUSIONS: Based on theoretical and experimental considerations, the most adequate location of a lag screw of a dynamic hip screw should be inferior in the frontal plane and central in the coronal plane.
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