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7676823

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
This is an assessment of a new device for treatment of intertrochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures. The Medoff sliding plate (MSP) allows compression in 3 different modes: along the femoral shaft, along the femoral neck or a combination of both. In this prospective series of 104 consecutive intertrochanteric fractures, dynamic compression was allowed only along the femoral shaft. Simple undislocated intertrochanteric 2-part fractures were excluded. The patients were followed clinically and radiographically for 1 year. 21 patients died within 1 year after the operation. 7 technical failures including 2 non-unions occurred. All were lag screw penetrations, 4 of which were considered to be due to unforced errors by the surgeons. The technical failure rate in this preliminary evaluation of the MSP is similar to that of the dynamic hip screw. Randomized trials comparing the MSP with other hip screw systems should follow to ascertain possible advantages of the MSP, with its various sliding modes in different types of fractures of the proximal femur.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0001-6470
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
66
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
343-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
One-way compression along the femoral shaft with the Medoff sliding plate. The first European experience of 104 intertrochanteric fractures with a 1-year follow-up.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopedics, Helsingborg Hospital, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't