title: Gotfried percutaneous compression plating (PCCP) versus dynamic hip screw (DHS) in hip fractures: blood loss and 1-year mortality.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Intertrochanteric fractures are among the most common fracture in elderly and are correlated with an average 1-year mortality of 25 %. Increased mortality after hip fracture could be related to blood loss and comorbidities.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We compared two groups of patients treated with percutaneous compression plating (PCCP) and dynamic hip screw (DHS) with the hypothesis that treatment with PCCP can reduce blood loss and 1-year mortality. We furthermore investigated the role of several surgical-related and patient-related factors on mortality of all the enrolled patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a comparative retrospective study of 280 patients with type 31A1 or 31A2 hip fractures treated in our department from January 2004 to May 2008. Exclusion criteria were age <60 years, multiple injuries and pathological fractures. A total of 194 patients were treated with DHS, and 86 patients were treated with PCCP.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No statistical differences were found in term of blood loss, blood transfusion and 1-year mortality between the two groups, whereas we found a significant incidence of gender, age, American Society of Anaesthesiologists score and preoperative haemoglobin on mortality.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Both plates seem to be comparable in terms of blood loss and blood transfusion rate, and mortality was rather correlated with some patient-related factors reflecting the global health status.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Emerging mortality in this kind of patient should encourage us to improve preventative orthogeriatric health care.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ortopedica AO San Gerardo, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Via Pergolesi 33, 20900, Monza, Italy, diegogaddi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gaddi
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Piarulli
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Angeloni
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gandolla
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Munegato
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bigoni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D001863:Bone Screws; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000009:adverse effects; D006470:Hemorrhage; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome