Intertrochanteric hip fracture collapse and patient function

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Intertrochanteric hip fracture collapse and patient function McCormack, Jennifer

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between fracture collapse and patient function for surgically repaired unstable intertrochanteric hip fractures. Post-operative collapse was measured using radiographic analysis and compared with patient functional outcome as measured by the validated Hip Fracture Functional Recovery Score. It was found that increased fracture collapse correlated with higher functional outcome scores, which suggests the benefits of compression during healing outweigh the potential biomechanical compromise associated with collapse.

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Title	Intertrochanteric hip fracture collapse and patient function
Creator	McCormack, Jennifer
Date Issued	2011-04
Description	The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between fracture collapse and patient function for surgically repaired unstable intertrochanteric hip fractures. Post-operative collapse was measured using radiographic analysis and compared with patient functional outcome as measured by the validated Hip Fracture Functional Recovery Score. It was found that increased fracture collapse correlated with higher functional outcome scores, which suggests the benefits of compression during healing outweigh the potential biomechanical compromise associated with collapse.
Genre	Report
Type	Text
Language	eng
Series	University of British Columbia. Science One Research Projects
Date Available	2011-08-04
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0107228
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/36524
Affiliation	Science, Faculty of
Campus	UBCV
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Undergraduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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