Risk factors for intraoperative greater trochanteric fractures in hemiarthroplasty for intracapsular femoral neck fractures.
Johannes Karl Maria FaklerAlexander BrandChristian LyckeChristina PempeMohamed GhanemAndreas RothGeorg OsterhoffUlrich Josef Albert SpieglAndreas HöchDirk ZajonzPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2020)
Prolonged prothrombin time, a shorter preoperative waiting time, and implementing new procedural standards and surgeons may be associated with an increased risk of a greater trochanteric fracture. Addressing these risk factors may reduce early periprosthetic infection which is strongly related to greater trochanteric fractures.