Abstract
Objective To investigate the clinical significance of DHS and LCP in treating elderly patients with intertrochanteric fracture.Methods 58 elderly patients were randomly divided into 2 groups.30 of them( DHS group) were treated with DHS,while 28 cases of them were treated with LCP.Blood loss,operation time,bone healing time and Harris score were analyzed.After 1-year follow time,effective rate and complication rate were also recorded and evaluated in the 2 groups.Results The complication rate in LCP group was lower than that in DHS group(P ＜0.05),while the effective rate and Harris score in LCP were higher than that in DHS group( P ＜0.05 ).There were no significant differences in blood loss,operation time and bone healing time between the 2 groups ( P ＞ 0.05 ).Conclusion Compared with DHS,LCP is effective in treating elderly patients with intertrochanteric fracture. Key words: Fractures; DHS; LCP; Therapy
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