Treatment of Femoral Intertrochanteric Fracture with General Combinable External Fixator / 广州中医药大学学报

Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of general combinable external fixator for the treatment of femoral intertrochanteric fracture(FIF).Methods One hundred and seventeen FIF patients were randomized into two groups: the treatment group(N =56) received treatment with general combinable external fixator,and the control group(N =61) received bone traction.A follow-up of 6~13 months was carried out.The therapeutic effect and the incidence of complications were compared in both groups.Results The total effective rate was 96.43% in the treatment group and 50.82% in the control group,and the incidence of complications was 7.1%(4/56) in the treatment group and 45.9%(28/61)in the control group,the difference being significant(P