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

ABSTRACT

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