Proposal of a modified tip apex distance for prediction of lag screw cut-out in trochanteric hip fractures.
Amr Ahmed Hosny Abdo SelimNawfal Al-HadithyNader M DiabAbdulla Mohamed AhmedKhaled Fawzy Abdel KaderMohamed HegazyHazem Abdel AzeemAhmed Samir BarakatPublished in: SICOT-J (2023)
The modified TAD had the highest reliability in the prediction of lag screw cut-out. A value ≤ 25 mm could potentially protect against lag screw cut-out in trochanteric hip fractures.