Wiring through cannulated screws for the fixation of greater trochanter in arthroplasties performed for peritrochanteric fractures.
Safe and rigid fixation of a fractured greater trochanter is often very difficult because of osteoporosis of the fragments. The authors propose a new technique using cannulated screws and wires passed through the screws to fix the greater trochanter in arthroplasties performed for peritrochanteric fractures.
Im
Gun-Il
GI
Department of Orthopaedics, Dongguk University International Hospital, Goyang, South Korea.
Lee
Seok-Hyun
SH
D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D001863:Bone Screws; D001864:Bone Wires; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000453:epidemiology