Comparative Evaluation of Efficacy of PFN and PFN Antirotation in Treating Patients with Femur Fracture: An Hospital Based Study
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2019-01
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Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciences
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Background: Fractures of hip or proximal femur arefrequently observed and horrendous fractures that generallyafflict the elderly subjects with 90% observed in morethan 60 years age. Therefore; the present study wasconducted to evaluate the efficacy of PFN and PFN antirotation in managing patients with intertrochanteric femoralfractures.Materials and Methods: The present prospective survey wasperformed in the Department of Orthopaedics, GovernmentMedical College & Bangur Hospital, Pali, Rajasthan (India) andthe study enrolled 20 subjects with intertrochanteric fractures ofadults above than 21 years of age. Both the clinical andradiographic outcome of all the operated patients wasassessed. Functional outcome was assessed using the Harriship score. All the data thus obtained was arranged in atabulated form and analysed using SPSS software.Results: There were only 3 subjects less than 40 years of age,5 were between 40-60 years. The mean time to sit amongstGroup I patients was 2.8 days and Group II patients were 2.6days. The mean time to stand amongst Group I and Group IIsubjects was 5.1 days and 5 days. The preoperative meanscore in Group I and Group II was 50.1 and 51.4 respectively.Conclusion: From the above study it can be concluded thatboth the treatment modalities are equally efficacious inmanaging fractures of femur
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Femur, Trochanteric, Hip, Fracture.
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Didel Rajendra, Choudhary Kusum. Comparative Evaluation of Efficacy of PFN and PFN Antirotation in Treating Patients with Femur Fracture: An Hospital Based Study. International Journal of Medical Research Professionals. 2019 Jan; 5(1): 309-311