TY - JOUR
T1 - Ender rod versus compression screw fixation of hip fractures
AU - Cobelli, N. J.
AU - Sadler, A. H.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - Eighty-seven matched pairs of patients with extracapsular hip fractures were treated with either Ender rod or compression screw and plate fixation. The data obtained both perioperatively and from one to 39 months postoperatively showed no significant differences with respect to infection rate, mortality, length of stay, or ultimate functional status. In the Ender rod group, 66.7% of the patients experienced technical problems, compared with 10.3% of patients in the compression screw group. The Ender technique offered few practical advantages and an unacceptably high level of problems, even when patients with only stable fractures were considered.
AB - Eighty-seven matched pairs of patients with extracapsular hip fractures were treated with either Ender rod or compression screw and plate fixation. The data obtained both perioperatively and from one to 39 months postoperatively showed no significant differences with respect to infection rate, mortality, length of stay, or ultimate functional status. In the Ender rod group, 66.7% of the patients experienced technical problems, compared with 10.3% of patients in the compression screw group. The Ender technique offered few practical advantages and an unacceptably high level of problems, even when patients with only stable fractures were considered.
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U2 - 10.1097/00003086-198512000-00020
DO - 10.1097/00003086-198512000-00020
M3 - Article
C2 - 4064396
AN - SCOPUS:0022319981
SN - 0009-921X
VL - NO. 201
SP - 123
EP - 129
JO - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
JF - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
ER -