Download PDF
Orthopedic Trauma Directions 2005; 3(3): 11-17
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-919111
Clinical topic
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Trochanteric hip fractures

Gamma nail versus proximal femoral nail 
Further Information

Publication History

Publication Date:
09 December 2005 (online)

    Permissions and Reprints

Summary

Results from two randomized trials of nailing of trochanteric hip fractures show quite similar results between fixation with gamma nail and proximal femoral nail (PFN). Generally, both studies concluded that each method was effective and a suitable fixation technique for trochanteric hip fractures.