OBJECTIVE: To perform a retrospective radiographic evaluation on the @entity174 reduction and implant position in the femoral head among @entity1 with pertrochanteric @entity174 who had been treated using a cephalomedullary nail in lateral decubitus; and to assess factors that might interfere with the quality of the @entity174 reduction and with the implant position in using this technique. METHODS: Nineteen @entity1 with a diagnosis of pertrochanteric @entity174 of the femur who had been treated using cephalomedullary nails in lateral decubitus were evaluated. For outpatient radiographic evaluations, we used the anteroposterior view of the pelvis and lateral view of the side affected. We measured the cervicodiaphyseal angle, tip-apex distance (TAD), spatial position of the cephalic element in relation to the head, and the bispinal diameter. To make an anthropometric assessment, we used the body mass index. Two groups of @entity1 were created: one in which all the criteria were normal (TAD  <=25  mm, cervicodiaphyseal angle between 130   and 135   and cephalic implant position in the femoral head in the central-central quadrant); and another group presenting alterations in some of the criteria for best prognosis. RESULTS: Female @entity1 predominated (57.9%) and the mean age was 60 years. Seven @entity1 presented a central-central cephalic implant position. One @entity1 present a cervicodiaphyseal angle >135   and the maximum TAD was 32  mm; consequently, 12 @entity1 presented some altered criteria (63.2%). None of the characteristics evaluated differed between the @entity1 with all their criteria normal and those with some altered criteria, or showed any statistically significant association among them (p  >  0.05). CONCLUSION: The technique described here enabled good reduction and good positioning of the implant, independent of the anthropometric indices and type of @entity174 .

Lateral decubitus for treating pertrochanteric XXXX using cephalomedullary nails.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fracture', 'fractures']
@entity174 :: (MESH:D050723,Disease) :: ['fractures']
