Application of lesser trochanteric reduction fixator in the treatment of unstable intertrochanteric fractures

Table 1 Comparison of characteristics of patients treated with and without the lesser trochanteric reduction fixator

	Simple intramedullary nails	Lesser trochanteric reduction fixators	P value
Sex
Male	4	3
Female	16	2
Age (yr)	83.95 ± 9.539	60.2 ± 7.463	0.066
Fracture location
Left	13	3
Right	7	2
Bone mineral density	-1.635 ± 1.214	-1.6 ± 1.474	0.956
Preoperative duration (d)	3.6 ± 2.414	2.6 ± 0.894	0.378
Operation method
interTAN	6	5
PFNA	14	0
Operative duration (min)	43.95 ± 17.251	69.4 ± 37.031	0.202
Intraoperative blood loss (mL)	81.5 ± 81.517	160 ± 54.772	0.055
Hospital stay (d)	12.85 ± 7.050	11.2 ± 3.768	0.622
Harris hip score	86.865 ± 5.653	91.94 ± 2.639	0.011
Proximal incision length (cm)	4.925 ± 0.293	6 ± 0.3536	0.000

interTAN: Integrated cephalomedullary nail; PFNA: Proximal femoral nail-anti-rotation Asia.