A Retrospective Study of 98 Elderly Patients with High-Risk Lateral Femoral Wall Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures to Compare Outcomes Following Surgery with Proximal Femoral Nail Antirotation (PFNA) Versus Dynamic Hip Screw (DHS)

17 August 2022: Clinical Research

Zhi Tian ^BCDE* , Jia Chen ^ABCDE* , Yazhou Zhang ^CF , Lifang Shi ^F , Wenyi Li ^AE*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.936923

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e936923

Table 1 General information of the patients in the 2 groups.

General characteristics		p	PFNA (n=52)	DHS (n=46)	Statistical value
Age (years)		0.094	73.45±5.95	71.37±6.22	1.691
Sex	Male	0.093	22	22	2.831
Sex	Female		30	24
Fractured side	Left	0.706	20	16	0.142
Fractured side	Right		32	30
BMI (kg/m)		0.387	25.45±3.47	24.82±3.71	0.868
Cause of injury	Fall	0.277	36	27	1.18
Cause of injury	Collision		16	19
Smoking status	Yes	0.952	7	6	0.004
Smoking status	No		45	40
Alcohol consumption	Yes	0.741	8	6	0.109
Alcohol consumption	No		44	40
AO classification of fracture	A1	0.721	22	16	0.656
	A2		20	19
	A3		10	11
Follow-up period (months)		0.214	14.26±2.43	13.62±2.63	1.252