Randomized prospective study on the influence distal block and Gamma 3 nail on the treatment of intertrochanteric fractures of femur》.pdf

Rev Esp Cir Ortop Traumatol. 2015;59(1):2635 Revista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología www.elsevier.es/rot ORIGINAL ARTICLE Randomized prospective study on the influence distal block and Gamma 3 nail on the treatment of intertrochanteric fractures of femur a,∗ a a,b c M. López-Vega , E.R. Gil-Monzó , J.L. Rodrigo-Pérez , J. López-Valenciano , a a d R.H. Salanova-Paris , J. Peralta-Nieto , M.M. Morales-Suárez a Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain b Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain c Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Hospital de Manises, Manises, Valencia, Spain d Cátedra de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain Received 8 March 2014; accepted 18 June 2014 KEYWORDS Abstract Gamma nail; Objective: The purpose of this study is to assess the need to lock the Gamma 3 nail (Stryker, Locking; Mahwah, New Jersey, USA) distally for intertrochanteric fractures of femur 31-A1 and 31-A2 of Fracture; the AO. Intertrochanteric; Materials and methods: Details were recorded on a sample of 177 patients with Cut-out intertrochanteric femoral fractures treated in our hospital by a standard Gamma nail between June 2011 and January 2013. A prospective study was conducted by r