The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2005;87:42-51.
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Osteoporotic Pertrochanteric Fractures Can Be Successfully Treated with External Fixation

Antonio Moroni, MD, Cesare Faldini, MD, Francesco Pegreffi, MD, Amy Hoang-Kim, BSCH and Sandro Giannini, MD

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Antonio Moroni, MD
Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, University of Bologna, Via G.C. Pupilli, 1, 40136 Bologna, Italy. E-mail address: a.moroni@ior.it

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Hip fractures are the most severe of all fragility fractures. It has been calculated that more deaths are caused by hip fractures than by other common severe diseases such as cancer of the stomach or the pancreas1. Furthermore, regardless of the quality of surgical treatment, hip fractures remain a major cause of disability. The economic implications are clear. In the United States, hip fracture management already costs approximately $13.8 billion per year2. In Europe, the average acute hospital cost is approximately {euro}25,000 per fracture and the total care cost is as much as 2.5 times higher3.

Approximately 200,000 pertrochanteric fractures (AO/OTA fracture type A1 and A2) per annum occur in the United States alone4. It has been calculated by the United States Census Bureau that, by the year 2020, the average life expectancy will be eighty-two years for women and seventy-four years for men5. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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