Comparison between locked and unlocked intramedullary nails in intertrochanteric fractures.
Riccardo Maria LanzettiAuro CaraffaDomenico LuparielloPaolo CeccariniGiulio GambaracciLuigi MeccarielloFrancesco ManfredaDaniele MaiettiniCristina Ibáñez VicenteMichele ScialpiOlga BisacciaGiuseppe RinonapoliMichele BisacciaPublished in: European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie (2018)
This study demonstrates that in intertrochanteric 31-A1 and 31-A2 stable fractures, the absence of distal locking screw does not compromise bone healing and prevents several clinical complications.