5. An intertrochanteric hip fracture occurs
between the greater trochanter, where the
gluteus medius and minimus muscles (hip
extensors and abductors) attach, and the lesser
trochanter, where the iliopsoas muscle (hip
flexor) attaches
6. Completely extra-articular fracture with
variable comminution
Common in elderly osteoporotic patient
More common than I/C #NoF
Unite easily and rarely cause avascular necrosis
7. Intertrochanteric fractures in younger individuals
are usually the result of a high-energy injury, such as
a motor vehicle accident (MVA) or fall from a
height
In the elderly, it results from a simple fall
(trivial trauma). The tendency to fall increases
with patient age and is exacerbated by several
factors including
poor vision
decreased muscle power
8. Pain
Marked shortening of lower limb
Patient cannot lift his/her leg
Complete External Rotation Deformity
Swelling, ecchymoses and Tenderness over the Greater Trochanter
Displaced fractures are clearly symptomatic, such
patients usually cannot stand, much less ambulate
Nondisplaced fractures may be ambulatory and experience
minimal pain, and there are yet others who complain of thigh or
groin pain but have no history of antecedent trauma
The amount of clinical deformity in patients with an
intertrochanteric fracture reflects the degree of fracture
displacement
9. .(AP) view of the pelvis .
2.AP and a cross-table lateral view of the involved
proximal femur
10.
11. Nonoperative Treatment
Indication
Poor medical and surgical risk patients
Terminally ill
Methods
Very old patients - Buck’s traction
Plaster/Hip spica
Skeletal traction through distal femur or tibia
for 10 – 12 weeks with Bohler-Braun Splint
12. Intertrochanteric fractures are almost always
treated
by early internal fixation – not because they fail
to unite with conservative treatment (they
unite quite readily), but
(a) Obtain the best possible position
(b) Early ambulation to reduce the complications
associated with prolonged recumbency
27. CAUSES:-
1. Morphologic features- high # angle ( Pauwel’s 3)
2. Displaced fractures- Garden III/ IV
3. # Comminution
4. Injury to vascularity- direct tamponade effect
5. Absence of cambium layer of periosteum
6. Chondrogenic factors in synovial fluid inhibit callus
formation and consolidation
28. #NOF #IT
Age After 50 yrs After 60 years
Gender F>M M>F
Ability to walk May walk in impacted # Not possible
Pain Mild Severe
Swelling mild Severe
Tenderness In scarpa’s triangle Over GT
Ext. rotation < 45 degree > 45 degree
Shortening <1 inch > 1 inch
Treatment Internal fixation always Conservative/operative
Complication AVN /Non-union malunion