Table 5

Complications of 215 patients treated for trochanteric fracture

IMHS

ENDOVIS


Missing of proximal hole

0

2

Misplaced proximal screws

1

8

Failure of distal locking

1

4

Femoral shaft medialization

0

5

Femoral shaft fracture

1

0

Cut out

1

3

Z -phenomenon

0

1

Reverse Z phenomenon

0

1

Proximal screws back-out

0

5

Joint penetration

0

3

Periprosthetic fracture

1

0

Nail breakage

1

1

Infection

2

2

No. complications

8

35

Percentage

7.3%

33.4%


Makridis et al. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2010 5:9   doi:10.1186/1749-799X-5-9

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