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Nailing intertrochanteric fractures in geriatric population: Do we know it all?
Enclavado de fracturas intertrocantéricas en población geriátrica: ¿lo sabemos todo?
P. Checa-Betegóna,
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, Á. Ramos-Fernándeza, G. Ciller-Gonzáleza, M. Vallejo-Carrascob, J. García-Coiradasa, J. Valle-Cruza
a Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Profesor Martín Lagos sn, 28040 Madrid, Spain
b Hospital Universitario De Móstoles, C/ Dr. Luis Montes s/n, 28935 Madrid, Spain
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Perhaps the best known&#58; the tip-to-the-apex&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> Regarding treatment&#44; there are numerous therapeutic alternatives&#44; and many studies have been carried out&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0150"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6&#44;14&#44;15</span></a> Most of these treatment options offer good results&#44; good consolidation rates and a low percentage of medical complications&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0145"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5&#44;6&#44;9&#44;13</span></a> although these injuries are usually associated with functional impairment&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0135"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;15</span></a></p><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">To explain the superiority in the use of nails in regards to other devices&#44; trauma surgeons claim the speed of implantation&#44; biomechanical advantages and minimally invasive approach&#44; 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nail&#44; regardless of the type of fracture&#44; with dynamic distal locking&#46; The nails could have an angulation of 120&#176;&#44; 125&#176; or 130&#176;&#44; depending on the anatomical characteristics of the patients&#46; Cephalic screws and distal locking screws were selected with dimensions according to the patient&#39;s measurements&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0085">Evaluation</span><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In all patients in the series we assessed&#58;<ul class="elsevierStyleList" id="lis0005"><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0005"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Demographic variables</span>&#58; age&#44; sex&#44; laterality&#44; history&#44; pre- and post-operative baseline&#44; autonomy and ambulation&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0010"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Barthel Scale</span>&#58; Pre-injury and at the end of follow-up&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0015"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Fracture classification</span>&#58; Fractures were evaluated by four members of the unit and classified based on the AO&#47;OTA classification&#46; The same four members classified bone quality based on Singh&#39;s radiographic classification&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0020"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The average time of hospital stay&#44; medical complications during admission&#44; mechanical and functional results were analyzed&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0025"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Radiographic parameters</span>&#58; Pre-operative and intra-operative radiographic parameters were analyzed&#46;<ul class="elsevierStyleList" id="lis0010"><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0030"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8728;</span><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Pre-operative</span>&#58;<ul class="elsevierStyleList" id="lis0015"><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0035"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Lateral cortical thickness greater or not than 25<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0145"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5&#44;9&#44;19&#44;21</span></a></p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0040"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Presence of reverse oblicuity<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0150"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6&#44;9&#44;13&#44;15&#44;19&#44;21</span></a></p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0045"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Presence of comminution in lateral wall<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9&#44;19&#44;21</span></a></p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0050"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0095" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Presence of comminution on the medial wall<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0150"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6&#44;9&#44;13&#44;15&#44;19&#44;21</span></a></p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0055"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0100" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Presence of free fragment of the greater trochanter<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9&#44;19&#44;21</span></a></p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0060"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0105" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Presence of transverse fracture of the greater trochanter<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9&#44;19&#44;21</span></a></p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0065"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0110" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Presence of lesser trochanter fracture with diaphyseal extensi&#243;n<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0150"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6&#44;9&#44;19&#44;21</span></a></p></li></ul></p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0070"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8728;</span><p id="par0115" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Intra-operative</span>&#58;<ul class="elsevierStyleList" id="lis0020"><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0075"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0120" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Pin entry point location&#58; anterior&#44; centered or posterior<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0135"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;10</span></a></p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0080"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0125" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Cephalic length<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0135"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a></p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0085"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0130" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Cephalic obliquity in axial plane&#58; anterior&#44; neutral or posterior<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0135"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;12</span></a></p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0090"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0135" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Position of the cephalic in coronal plane&#58; inferior&#44; centered or superior<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0135"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;10</span></a></p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0095"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0140" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Tip-to-the-apex distance<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0150"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6&#44;9</span></a></p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0100"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0145" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Medial cortical support&#58; positive&#44; neutral&#44; or negative<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0135"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;5</span></a></p></li></ul></p></li></ul></p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0105"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="par0150" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">During follow-up&#44; average time to consolidation&#44; number of technical aids for ambulation at the end of follow-up&#44; as well as early &#40;before one year&#41; and late &#40;after one year&#41; complications&#44; whether or not they required reintervention&#44; were evaluated in all cases&#46; Variables such as gluteal pain&#44; loss of reduction&#44; pseudarthrosis&#44; implant rupture&#44; back-out&#44; cut-out&#44; cut-in heterotopic calcifications&#44; avascular necrosis&#44; infection or material discomfort were included&#46; Consolidation was considered as full weight-bearing in a patient along with radiographic evidence of bridging callus on radiographs&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0175"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11&#44;15&#44;17&#44;22</span></a> Non-unions was defined as an insufficient healing and callus formation of the fracture in two X-ray projections after 6 months&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0130"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#44;8&#44;11&#8211;13&#44;15&#44;17&#44;22</span></a> Cut-out was defined as the screw penetrating the joint line and migrating proximally&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9&#44;13&#44;17</span></a> Back-out was considered as cephalic lateral protrusion &#8805;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm in relation to first post-operative X-ray&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0180"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12&#44;16&#44;17</span></a></p></li></ul></p></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0090">Statistical analysis</span><p id="par0155" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The SPSS 26&#46;0 package &#40;SPSS Inc&#46;&#44; Chicago&#44; IL&#41; was used for data processing and statistical analysis&#46; Descriptive data were obtained for all the variables analyzed This included mean&#44; median&#44; standard deviation and IQR for the quantitative variables&#46; For the qualitative ones&#44; on the other hand&#44; frequencies and percentages were registered&#46; We based the results of our quantitative variables on the mean&#44; as the sample followed a normal distribution&#46; After collecting the data&#44; we compared the different radiographic parameters with the possibility of early failure and need for reintervention&#46; Statistical comparisons were performed using a Chi-Squared test&#44; since our sample follows a normal distribution and we copmared independent cualitative variables&#46; For all statistical tests&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span>-values<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#46;05 were considered significant&#46;</p></span></span><span id="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0095">Results</span><span id="sec0040" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0100">Demographic and hospital stay data</span><p id="par0160" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A total of 272 patients with pertrochanteric fractures&#44; operated with Gamma Gamma3 &#40;Stryker&#174;&#41; short dynamic nail&#44; with at least one year of follow-up&#44; were obtained&#46; The average age was 83&#46;28 years &#40;65&#8211;102&#41;&#46; Two hundred four cases were women &#40;75&#37;&#41;&#46; The average follow-up was 18&#46;2 months &#40;12&#8211;24&#41;&#46; Prior to fracture&#44; 62&#46;9&#37; were independent for activities of daily living&#44; 31&#46;3&#37; were partially dependent and 5&#46;9&#37; were totally dependent&#46; Prior to fracture&#44; 56&#46;6&#37; walked without technical aids&#44; 30&#46;1&#37; with one technical aid&#44; 12&#46;5&#37; with two technical aids or a walker&#44; and 0&#46;7&#37; were non-ambulatory&#46; The mean pre-fracture Barthel was 84&#46;60 &#40;10&#8211;100&#41;&#46; Of the patients&#44; 80&#46;9&#37; were not taking previous treatment for osteoporosis&#44; although 23&#46;9&#37; had previously had a fragility fracture&#46;</p><p id="par0165" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">One hundred thirty-five cases were right femurs &#40;49&#46;6&#37;&#41; compared to 137 left femurs &#40;50&#46;4&#37;&#41;&#46; The mean time os hospital stay was 12&#46;64 days &#40;3&#8211;63&#41;&#46;</p><p id="par0170" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Ninety-one cases &#40;33&#46;5&#37;&#41; presented some type of complication during admission&#46; Most notable complications were 26 urinary tract infections &#40;9&#46;6&#37;&#41;&#59; 18 confusional syndromes &#40;6&#46;6&#37;&#41;&#59; 16 respiratory infections &#40;5&#46;9&#37;&#41; or 13 decompensations of heart failure &#40;4&#46;8&#37;&#41;&#46; Ninety-eight cases &#40;36&#46;6&#37;&#41; required blood transfusion prior or after the surgery&#46;</p><p id="par0175" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Demographic information&#44; as well as complications&#44; are shown in <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0005"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="sec0045" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0105">Types of fractures</span><p id="par0180" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">With respect to the AO&#47;OTA classification&#44; 233 cases were obtained in group 31&#46;A1 &#40;85&#46;7&#37;&#41;&#59; 34 in 31&#46;A2 &#40;12&#46;5&#37;&#41; and 5 in 31&#46;A3 &#40;1&#46;9&#37;&#41;&#46; Based on subtypes&#44; 173 cases of 31&#46;A1&#46;2 &#40;63&#46;6&#37;&#41;&#59; 60 cases of 31&#46;A1&#46;3 &#40;22&#46;1&#37;&#41;&#59; 28 cases of 31&#46;A2&#46;2 &#40;10&#46;3&#37;&#41;&#59; 6 cases of 31&#46;A2&#46;3 &#40;2&#46;2&#37;&#41;&#59; 1 case of 31&#46;A3&#46;1 &#40;0&#46;4&#37;&#41;&#59; 2 cases of 31&#46;A3&#46;2 &#40;0&#46;7&#37;&#41; and 2 cases of 31&#46;A3&#46;3 &#40;0&#46;7&#37;&#41; were obtained&#46;</p><p id="par0185" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Regarding the assessment of bone quality according to Singh&#39;s classification&#44; 81 cases of type I &#40;29&#46;8&#37;&#41;&#44; 69 cases of type II &#40;25&#46;4&#37;&#41;&#44; 43 cases of type III &#40;15&#46;8&#37;&#41;&#44; 30 cases of type IV &#40;11&#37;&#41;&#44; 27 cases of type V &#40;9&#46;9&#37;&#41; and 22 cases of type VI &#40;8&#46;1&#37;&#41; were obtained&#46;</p><p id="par0190" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The distribution of cases according to classifications is shown in <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="sec0050" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0110">Pre and intra-operative radiographs</span><p id="par0195" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">According to the observers analyzing radiographic criteria of instability&#44; 21 cases &#40;7&#46;7&#37;&#41; of fractures with extension below the lesser trochanter were detected&#59; 74 cases &#40;27&#46;2&#37;&#41; with lateral wall thickness below 25<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm&#59; 37 cases &#40;13&#46;6&#37;&#41; with oblique fracture line component&#59; 45 cases &#40;16&#46;5&#37;&#41; with free fragment of the greater trochanter and 30 cases &#40;11&#37;&#41; with free fragment of the lesser trochanter with extension to the diaphysis&#46;</p><p id="par0200" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Intraoperatively&#44; the following data was recorded&#58; the entry point at the tip of the greater trochanter was centered in 208 cases &#40;76&#46;5&#37;&#41;&#59; posterior in 45 cases &#40;16&#46;5&#37;&#41; and anterior in 19 &#40;7&#37;&#41;&#46; In the coronal plane&#44; the cephalic was in the center of the neck in 161 cases &#40;59&#46;2&#37;&#41;&#59; inferior in 98 cases &#40;36&#37;&#41; and superior in 13 &#40;4&#46;8&#37;&#41;&#46; In the axial projection&#44; the cephalic was centrally located in 188 cases &#40;69&#46;1&#37;&#41;&#44; posteriorly in 50 cases &#40;18&#46;4&#37;&#41; and anteriorly in 34 &#40;12&#46;5&#37;&#41;&#46; After intra-operative reduction and compression&#44; medial cortical support in the anteroposterior projection was neutral in 175 cases &#40;64&#46;3&#37;&#41;&#59; positive in 66 cases &#40;24&#46;3&#37;&#41; and negative in 31 cases &#40;11&#46;4&#37;&#41;&#46; The tip-to-apex distance&#44; measured as the sum of the distances from the tip of the screw to the subchondral bone&#44; in the anteroposterior and axial projection&#44; was less than 25<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm in 260 cases &#40;95&#46;6&#37;&#41;&#46; Only nine intra-operative radiographic complications were recorded &#40;3&#46;3&#37;&#41;&#44; consisting of one loss of reduction&#44; which required a new closed reduction&#44; and eight rotations of the cephalic fragment&#46; One of them &#40;0&#46;4&#37;&#41; developed heterotopic ossification&#46; The rest did not present any incidence&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0055" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0115">Post-operative data</span><p id="par0205" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A total of 265 cases &#40;97&#46;4&#37;&#41; consolidated satisfactorily&#44; in an average time of 3&#46;83 months &#40;2&#8211;12&#41;&#46; Four cases &#40;1&#46;5&#37;&#41; did not consolidate and required reintervention&#46; In three cases &#40;1&#46;1&#37;&#41; consolidation was not assessable&#44; because the patients suffered an early cut-out&#44; requiring reintervention for arthroplasty within the first two months post-operatively&#46;</p><p id="par0210" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">At the end of follow-up&#44; 104 patients &#40;38&#46;2&#37;&#41; were independent&#44; compared to 115 &#40;42&#46;3&#37;&#41; partially dependent and 52 &#40;19&#46;1&#37;&#41; completely dependent&#46; Fifty-six patients &#40;20&#46;6&#37;&#41; were able to ambulate without technical aids&#59; 105 &#40;38&#46;6&#37;&#41; with one technical aid&#59; 90 cases &#40;33&#46;1&#37;&#41; with two technical aids or a walker and 21 cases &#40;7&#46;7&#37;&#41; were no longer ambulatory&#46; Of the total number of patients&#44; 44 &#40;16&#46;2&#37;&#41; presented Trendelemburg type limp at the end of follow-up&#46; The mean Barthel at the end of follow-up was 69&#46;6 &#40;0&#8211;100&#41;&#44; which represented a loss of 15 points with respect to the initial situation&#46;</p><p id="par0215" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The pre-operative and post-operative relationship of the functional parameters is shown in <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0010">Table 2</a>&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0010"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="sec0060" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0120">Complications and reinterventions</span><p id="par0220" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Eight &#40;2&#46;9&#37;&#41; reinterventions were performed during follow-up&#46; Of these&#44; five &#40;1&#46;8&#37;&#41; were performed within the first year of follow-up and three &#40;1&#46;1&#37;&#41; after one year of follow-up&#46; Some of these reinterventions were&#58; three cases &#40;1&#46;1&#37;&#41; of early cut-out&#44; which were reconverted to hip arthroplasty&#59; one case &#40;0&#46;4&#37;&#41; of secondary hip osteoarthritis and one case &#40;0&#46;4&#37;&#41; of avascular necrosis&#46; Both were converted to total hip arthroplasty&#46;</p><p id="par0225" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">There were four cases &#40;1&#46;5&#37;&#41; of non-union&#46; Of these&#44; one &#40;0&#46;4&#37;&#41; was reconverted to total hip arthroplasty&#46; One patient &#40;0&#46;4&#37;&#41; underwent material removal and Girdlestone resection arthroplasty&#44; due to his baseline situation&#46; One case &#40;0&#46;4&#37;&#41; of non-union with fatigue and material breakage could not be reoperated due to the high anesthetic risk&#46; There was also one case &#40;0&#46;4&#37;&#41; of non-union in which we performed a valguizing osteotomy and new synthesis&#46; The X-rays of this patient are displayed in <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>&#46; Information of the fractures that required reintervention is shown in <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0015">Table 3</a>&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0010"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0015"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0230" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Other radiographic and clinical findings&#58; 18 cases &#40;6&#46;6&#37;&#41; partial reduction losses were detected&#44; with shortening and varus displacement of the fragment&#46; They had&#44; however&#44; no clinical repercussions and that did not require reintervention&#46; All of them&#44; but two&#44; had dynamized the distal screw position&#46; In the rest of the cases with dynamization of the distal locking screw&#44; no varization of the cephalic fragment was observed&#46; Of those&#44; the medial cortical support was positive in three cases &#40;1&#46;1&#37;&#41;&#44; neutral in eight &#40;2&#46;9&#37;&#41; and negative in seven cases &#40;2&#46;6&#37;&#41;&#46; The tip-to-the-apex distance was &#8805;25<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm in just one case There were four cases &#40;1&#46;5&#37;&#41; of heterotopic calcifications&#44; which did not require additional management&#59; one case &#40;0&#46;4&#37;&#41; of residual gluteal pain&#46; We registered 60 cases &#40;22&#46;1&#37;&#41; of screw back-out&#46; Nevertheless&#44; none of the required hardware removal&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0065" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0125">Comparative analysis</span><p id="par0235" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">None of the variables analyzed in this work with the Chi-Square statistical test obtained statistical significance&#46; There were no differences when failures and reinterventions were analyzed with respect to fracture patterns according to AO&#47;OTA&#44; Singh classification&#44; pre-operative &#40;such as medial comminution&#41; and intra-operative &#40;such as tip-to-the-apex or medial cortical support&#41; radiographic findings&#44; etc&#46;</p><p id="par0240" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The variable that presented the greatest statistical trend was the recorded cases of back-out with respect to the variable &#8220;medial cortical support&#8221;&#44; with a <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#46;099&#44; far from statistical significance&#46;</p></span></span><span id="sec0070" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0130">Discussion</span><p id="par0245" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In this work&#44; we have reviewed our results in 272 pertrochanteric fractures treated with short endomedullary nail and distal dynamic locking&#46; We have analyzed radiogrpahic parameters&#44; both pre and post operative to try help define what makes a fracture of this kind unstable and what can lead to a premature failure&#46; We have reaffirmed the good prognosis of these fractures with these devices&#44; specially when the tip-to-the-apex distance is respected&#46; We have obtained a 97&#46;4&#37; of satisfactory consolidation&#44; with only 2&#46;9&#37; reinterventions performed&#44; most of them &#40;three cases&#41; due to early cut-out of the cephalic screw&#46;</p><p id="par0250" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Because of the economic and social impact of pertrochanteric fractures&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0125"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#44;4&#44;7&#44;18</span></a> many investigators have sought to better define the criteria for instability of these fractures and the best surgical treatment options&#46; It is the obligation of the orthopedic surgeon to minimize the impact of these injuries and improve patient care&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0125"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a></p><p id="par0255" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Our goal has been to bring together all of these described factors and attempt to analyze our results with short dynamic nails independent of the fracture pattern&#44; and the literature based on them&#46; To the best of our knowledge&#44; there are many papers that individually analyze several of these factors&#44; but not one that unifies them&#44; except perhaps the one by Haidukewych&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a></p><p id="par0260" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Extra- and intramedullary devices are currently available for the treatment of these fractures&#46; There is consensus on the mechanical superiority of endomedullary devices in the treatment of unstable fractures&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0155"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7&#44;9&#44;21&#44;23</span></a> Endomedullary devices offer greater stiffness and better resist and prevent varus collapse of unstable fractures&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0155"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7&#44;21</span></a></p><p id="par0265" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Regarding the length of the endomedullary device&#44; controversy continues to exist&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0205"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">17&#44;24</span></a> Classically&#44; the use of longer nails has been recommended in fractures presenting more unstable patterns&#44; 31&#46;A2 and 31&#46;A3 of the AO&#47;OTA&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0155"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a> Luque et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0205"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">17</span></a> found no differences in the treatment of 31&#46;A2 fractures between short and long nails in relation to clinical and radiological outcome&#46; However&#44; patients with long nails had statistically significant greater blood loss and need for transfusion&#46; They also found differences in surgical time&#46; Therefore&#44; they recommend the use of short nails in 31&#46;A2 fractures as long as they are distally locked &#40;in their study&#44; all short nail locks were lock in static position&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0205"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">17</span></a> Goodnough et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0240"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">24</span></a> suggest that some surgeons may nevertheless choose to use a long starting nail to avoid a stress zone in the femur&#44; regardless of the fracture stability pattern&#46; For example&#44; Hedge et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0175"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a> analyzed the outcome of distal locks in stable fractures&#44; but systematically used long nails in all cases&#44; even though it was mechanically correct to treat with short nails&#46; In our work&#44; all selected patients were operated with short nails&#46; Retrospectively&#44; most of them presented 31&#46;A1 and 31&#46;A2 AO&#47;OTA fractures without finding a higher failure rate in 31&#46;A2 fractures&#44; similar to what Luque et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0205"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">17</span></a> suggest&#46; Five cases of 31&#46;A3 fractures were also operated with a short nail&#44; pattern which is not include in other works&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0125"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#44;3&#44;12&#44;17</span></a> One of them presented dynamization and varus displacement and developed a non-union&#44; which required reintervention &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>&#41;&#46; Nevertheless&#44; it seems to have a component of biological and not mechanical origin&#46; However&#44; given the small percentage of the series that constitute these fractures&#44; we cannot affirm that 31&#46;A3 fractures can sistematically be treated with short nails&#46; Based on the results we have obtained&#44; we can suggest that short nails can be used more extensively&#44; in many other patterns previously recommended to be treated with long nails&#44; as it does not seem to increase the amount of complications and still has satisfactory consolidation rates&#46; This could prevent complications linked to long nails&#44; such as higher blood loss&#46;</p><p id="par0270" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The literature is probably more extensive regarding distal locking of endomedullary devices&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0125"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#44;2&#44;4&#44;6&#44;8&#44;10&#8211;16&#44;18&#44;22</span></a> The function of distal locking is to maintain length&#44; stabilize rotationally and prevent nail buckling when the intramedullary canal is wide&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0125"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#44;2&#44;4&#44;6&#44;8</span></a> Originally&#44; most nails were associated with a high percentage of fractures and complications related to this distal locking&#44; although this has decreased drastically with new designs&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0130"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#44;8&#44;14&#44;15&#44;22</span></a> Some authors speak of up to 15&#37; of complications in relation to the distal locking&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0195"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15</span></a> the most common being irritation of the iliotibial band&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0190"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">14</span></a> This has led authors to question whether or not it was necessary to lock all fractures in the trochanteric region&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0125"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#44;2&#44;4&#44;6&#44;8&#44;10&#8211;12&#44;18&#44;19&#44;22</span></a> Most of these works are carried out on stable pertrochanteric fracture patterns&#46; In them&#44; the authors agree that it is not necessary to lock these patterns&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0130"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#44;4&#44;6&#44;8&#44;11&#44;14&#44;15&#44;22</span></a> This reduces surgical time&#44; fluoroscopic exposure and minimizes complications&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0130"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#44;4&#44;6&#44;8&#44;14&#44;15</span></a> There is&#44; however&#44; a stable pattern configuration that Mori et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0185"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13</span></a> warn about the necessity to lock&#46; This is the case of stable patterns where the entry point is too posterior&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0185"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13</span></a> We have found few papers that ask this question in unstable patterns&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0125"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#44;10&#44;12&#44;15</span></a> In general&#44; there is consensus on the need for distal locking &#40;although it is not specified whether dynamic or static in many of them&#41; in unstable patterns&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0125"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#44;9&#44;10&#44;15&#44;18&#44;22</span></a> Even so&#44; that opinion is not universal&#44; as there are also papers&#44; such as that of Caiaffa et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0180"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> from 2018 with good results in unlocked unstable patterns&#46; Most of these papers did not include 31&#46;A3 patterns of AO&#47;OTA&#46; Buruian et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0195"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15</span></a> even design a distal locking decision algorithm in pertrochanteric fractures&#46; In our center&#44; all nails are locked dinamically hoping to achieve controlled compression of the fracture fragments&#46; This practice is questionable&#44; because several fracture patterns could be left unlocked&#44; minimizing surgical time and costs&#46; Carefully analyze the fracture pattern for primordial&#44; to identify the need or not to block and save unnecessary gestures&#46;</p><p id="par0275" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">There are also papers that discuss static or dynamic lag screw position&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0200"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">16&#44;20</span></a> In our center&#44; we dynamically lock the lag screw to dynamize and compress the fracture&#46; Kuzyk et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0220"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">20</span></a> carried out biomechanical work where they demonstrated a significant loss &#40;12&#46;4&#37;&#41; of axial and lateral stiffness with dynamic locking&#44; and advised caution and further study with locking in unstable patterns&#46; Later&#44; Hulshof et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0200"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">16</span></a> conducted a paper in 2022 where they found no differences in outcomes and complications between static or dynamic positioning&#46; They caution&#44; however&#44; that the Gamma3 &#40;Stryker&#174;&#41; design may be inappropriate for true static locking&#46; A dynamic lag screw allows greater back-out&#44; which Sk&#225;la-Rosenbaum<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0230"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">22</span></a> and Ciaffa et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0180"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> translated into interfragmentary compression&#46; Ciaffa et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0180"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> registered back-out of the cephalic screw in all their cases&#46; However&#44; the average protrussion distance was higher in the unstable patterns&#46; This results match those of Hulshof et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0200"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">16</span></a> and Sk&#225;la-Rosenbaum et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0230"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">22</span></a> In our work we detected 60 cases of screw back-out &#40;22&#46;1&#37;&#41;&#44; matching the results previously shown by other authors&#46; This can be explained by the dynamic position to allow fracture compressionn&#46; This may seem a low percentage&#44; despite the fact that all lag screw locks were dynamic&#46; This is probably due to good intra-operative reduction&#44; adequate medial cortical support and the stability of the fractures themselves&#46;</p><p id="par0280" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In general&#44; all studies report good consolidation rates&#46; It is estimated that&#44; despite the age and baseline circumstances of these patients&#44; more than 90&#37; consolidate satisfactorily&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0130"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#44;4&#44;8&#44;11&#44;12&#44;15&#8211;18</span></a> Some authors suggest that a distal static locking slows&#44; but does not prevent&#44; consolidation&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0215"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">19</span></a> The main reason for these good consolidation results lies in the abundant amount of cancellous bone and good vascularization&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0195"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15</span></a> Our results in this regard are similar to those obtained in the literature&#44; as we had 97&#46;4&#37; consolidation&#46; We could not identify any common factor in those cases that did not consolidate&#46;</p><p id="par0285" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">One of the most classically cited radiographic feature has been the tip-to-apex distance&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> It applies to both intra- and extramedullary devices&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> A distance of less than 25<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm is predictive of good outcome&#44; and minimizes the risk of cut-out&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0165"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> Recently&#44; however&#44; other concepts have been introduced&#44; such as medial cortical support in reduction&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0135"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;5</span></a> Chang et al&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0135"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a> introduced this concept in 2015&#46; It is as important to try to aim for positive medial cortical balance as it is to try to avoid negative balance&#46; This work served to demonstrate that a nonanatomic reduction could nevertheless offer advantages in fracture prognosis&#46; Adequate anteromedial cortical support can convert unstable patterns into stable ones&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0145"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> Subsequently&#44; this same author in 2017<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0145"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> published a correlation of fluoroscopic reduction with CT reconstructions&#46; The work served to corroborate previous studies and reaffirm that a negative balance is a predictor of reduction loss and higher failure rate&#46; In our work we have analyzed these two measures&#44; among other radiographic parameters&#46; 95&#46;6&#37; of our sample had a tip to apex distance of less than 25<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm&#46; Likewise&#44; positive or neutral medial cortical support was achieved in 88&#46;6&#37;&#44; while it was negative in only 11&#46;4&#37;&#46; Of the latter&#44; only one required reintervention&#44; so we found no relationship with implant failure in our sample&#46; These appropriate intra-operative and post-operative radiographic measurements may justify the good results obtained and the low percentage of complications and reinterventions in our sample&#46;</p><p id="par0290" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">One of the most feared complications is cut-out&#44; estimated at around 2&#37; in the literature&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0130"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#44;4&#44;6&#44;12&#44;16&#44;17&#44;19</span></a> Since these are usually geriatric patients&#44; most authors recommend reconversion to hip arthroplasty&#44; although there is also the possibility of reosteosynthesis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0180"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> Other complications can be non-union &#40;&#60;2&#37;&#41;&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0130"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#44;4&#44;8&#44;11&#44;12&#44;15&#8211;19</span></a> peri-implant fractures &#40;1&#8211;3&#37;&#41;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0130"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#44;6&#44;12&#44;15&#44;18&#44;23&#44;24</span></a> or reduction losses &#40;1&#8211;3&#37;&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0140"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4&#44;12&#44;19</span></a> The overall revision rate ranges from 0&#46;5 to 2&#46;8&#37;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0140"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4&#44;12&#44;16&#44;17&#44;19</span></a> Our results match those of the literature&#44; as we obtained 1&#46;1&#37; cut-out and 1&#46;5&#37; non-union rate&#46; All of these&#44; slightly lower than the literature&#46; We had&#44; however&#44; a higher percentage of reduction loss&#44; with 6&#46;6&#37;&#44; usually with fracture shortening&#46; Of those&#44; the medial cortical support was positive in three cases &#40;1&#46;1&#37;&#41;&#44; neutral in eight &#40;2&#46;9&#37;&#41; and negative in seven cases &#40;2&#46;6&#37;&#41;&#46; The tip-to-the-apex distance was &#8805;25<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm in just one case&#46; Our reoperation rate was 3&#46;3&#37;&#46;</p><p id="par0295" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">This work has several limitations&#46; Firstly&#44; its retrospective nature with its inherent limitations&#46; Secondly&#44; the sample size&#44; although respectable&#44; did not present a sufficient number of complications and reinterventions to be able to obtain statistical significance of the variables analyzed&#46; It is possible that the appropriate application of principles previously described in the literature is responsible for the satisfactory results&#46; Thirdly&#44; no validated clinical scales were used in the post-operative period and follow-up&#46; Forthly&#44; not many cases of pattern AO&#47;OTA 31&#46;A3 were registered&#44; therefore the use of short nails cannot be generalized in this pattern&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0075" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0135">Conclusions</span><p id="par0300" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The short nail with dynamic distal locking offers satisfactory clinical&#44; radiological and functional results and sufficient stability for the different pertrochanteric fracture patterns of AO&#47;OTA&#46; We have not recorded an increase in complications or failures with this implant configuration&#46; However&#44; we have not had enough cases of AO&#47;OTA 31&#46;A3 to record enough data about this certain pattern to generalize the use of short nails in these cases&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0080" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0140">Level of evidence</span><p id="par0305" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Level of evidence IV&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0085" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0145">Ethical considerations</span><p id="par0310" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors&#8217; response to the ethical responsibilities required by the publisher is reflected below&#46;</p><span id="sec0090" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0150">Protection of people and animals</span><p id="par0315" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">N&#47;A&#46; The authors declare that no experiments have been carried out on humans or animals for this research&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0095" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0155">Data confidentiality</span><p id="par0320" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">N&#47;A&#46; The authors declare that no patient data appear in this article&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0100" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0160">Right to privacy and informed consent</span><p id="par0325" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">N&#47;A&#46; The authors declare that no patient data appears in this article&#46;</p></span></span><span id="sec0105" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0165">Funding</span><p id="par0330" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that they do not present any type of financing or relationship that may have influenced the results reported in this scientific document&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0110" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0170">Conflict of interest</span><p id="par0335" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that they have no competing interest&#46;</p></span></span>"
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