• Medicine
• Published in Contemporary orthopaedics 1993

Technical pitfalls in the use of the sliding hip screw for fixation of intertrochanteric hip fractures.

@article{Rokito1993TechnicalPI,
  title={Technical pitfalls in the use of the sliding hip screw for fixation of intertrochanteric hip fractures.},
  author={Andrew S. Rokito and Kenneth J. Koval and Joseph D. Zuckerman},
  journal={Contemporary orthopaedics},
  year={1993},
  volume={26 4},
  pages={
          349-56
        }
}

• Andrew S. Rokito, Kenneth J. Koval, Joseph D. Zuckerman

Two hundred fifty consecutive intertrochanteric fractures treated with a sliding hip screw (SHS) over a three year period were reviewed and specific types of technical pitfalls identified. Most pitfalls were technique dependent and potentially preventable with proper attention to the principles of fracture reduction and insertion of the device. Pitfalls encountered with the use of the SHS occurred as a result of either poor fracture reduction or implant insertion. Problems related to fracture… CONTINUE READING

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