New method of preoperative immobilization for the proximal femoral fractures.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the efficacy of a new method of provisional preoperative imobilization for patientes with transtrochanteric femoral fractures.


METHODS
Over a three-month period, 33 patients were treated at the Orthopaedic Trauma Service for transtrochanteric femoral fracture. We selected 22 patients and they were divided into groups with and without the use of the developed imobilization. The patients were evaluated according to the Visual Analogue Scale for Pain (VAS) during the preoperative and postoperative period in order to verify the analgesic consume and clinical complications.


RESULTS
The group that used the imobilization had lower pain, reduced analgesic consume and had less clinical complications.


CONCLUSIONS
The new imobilization therefore presents good results, however not statistical significant. Level of Evidence II, Prospective Comparative Study.
Medical Residency Service in Orthopedics and Traumatology of Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de Ribeirão Preto - Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
João Ivan
JI
Lopes
Medical Residency Service in Orthopedics and Traumatology of Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de Ribeirão Preto - Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
André Luís
AL
Rotoly
Medical Residency Service in Orthopedics and Traumatology of Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de Ribeirão Preto - Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Carlos Alberto Azevedo
CA
Dos Santos
Medical Residency Service in Orthopedics and Traumatology of Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de Ribeirão Preto - Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Francisco José Nunes
FJ
Cardoso
Femoral fractures; Hip fractures; Immobilization