About this trial
The study will investigate the shortening and collapse of pertrochanteric fractures following surgical management with the TFN-Advanced nailing system. The focus will be on comparing radiographic assessments of nails which have been statically locked versus dynamically locked. This is a randomized control study with the initial invention being randomized to either statically locking or dynamically locking. For a two-month period, all eligible patients will receive the randomized allocated treatment, then treatment will switch to the alternate treatment for the next two months and will continue to alternate treatments for two-month periods until study enrollment has completed.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients >18 years of age
AO/OTA 31-A fractures who the surgeon deems eligible for treatment with a cephalomedullary nail
Open and closed fractures
Ambulatory prior to injury (with or without walking aides)
Disqualifiers
Contralateral hip fracture or hip arthroplasty
Fracture not amenable to treatment with a cephalomedullary nail
Non-ambulatory patient
Fractures >14 days (time of injury to OR)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Dynamic Rotational Locking
- Static Locking
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Fraser Orthopaedic Research Society
Lead sponsor
DePuy Synthes
Collaborator