Development of early complications after treatment of trochanteric fractures with an intramedullary sliding hip screw in a geriatric population

Focus on the proximal femur

“…However, literature on the development of complications in geriatric populations treated with such minimally invasive techniques is sparse. Robioneck et al therefore analysed a cohort of 202 patients with trochanteric fractures and found that osteoporosis was not significantly associated with implant failure while good fracture reduction and optimal implant positioning remain of the highest importance [ 2 ]. As dementia and frailty have been associated with worse outcomes in patients with hip fractures, Loannidis et al investigated the predictive relationship between these co-morbidities and in-hospital mortality after hip fracture surgery [ 3 ].…”