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^1BCDE, Jia Chen^1ABCDE, Yazhou Zhang^1CF, Lifang Shi^1F, Wenyi Li^1AE*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.936923

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e936923

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Table 4 Comparison of postoperative recovery between the 2 groups (x±s).

Groups	n	Time to ambulation (d)	Fracture healing time (w)
PFNA group	52	8.51±3.23	14.78±4.76
DHS group	46	13.87±2.74	15.53±3.16
		8.797	0.906
		0.000	0.367

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