Abstract:Expected age of human race has increased, leading to increase in the number of geriatric people with osteoporotic bones and falls associated with them. In 1949, Boyd and Griffin classified fractures in the trochanteric region of femur into four types. Biomechanical studies have shown that intramedullary device with sliding screw is better. Its location & rotational stability provides better load transfer and hence provides biological fixation. This was a prospective study of 25 cases of peritrochanteric fractu… Show more
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