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A prospective randomised comparison of the dynamic hip screw and the gamma locking nail . We made a randomised prospective comparison of the Dynamic Hip Screw and the Gamma locking nail for the internal fixation of 200 petrochanteric femoral fractures in elderly patients . There was less intraoperative blood loss and a lower rate of wound complications in the patients treated by the Gamma nail . They had , however , a high incidence of femoral shaft fracture which we relate in part to implant design . We do not recommend the use of the Gamma nail for these fractures .
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Intervention_Other
dynamic hip screw
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Intervention_Other
gamma locking nail
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Intervention_Other
Dynamic Hip Screw
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Intervention_Physical
the
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Intervention_Other
Gamma locking nail
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Intervention_Other
Gamma nail
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Intervention_Other
Gamma nail
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Outcome_Physical
intraoperative blood loss and a lower rate of wound complications
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Outcome_Physical
femoral shaft fracture
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Participant_Condition
dynamic hip screw
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Participant_Condition
gamma locking nail
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Participant_Sample-size
200
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Participant_Condition
petrochanteric femoral fractures
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Participant_Age
elderly