Risk factors for cutout failure in geriatric intertrochanteric fracture patients after cephalomedullary nail fixation.
10.12200/j.issn.1003-0034.20240891
- Author:
You-Liang HAO
1
;
Fang ZHOU
1
;
Hong-Quan JI
1
;
Yun TIAN
1
;
Zhi-Shan ZHANG
1
;
Yan GUO
1
;
Yang LYU
1
;
Zhong-Wei YANG
1
;
Guo-Jin HOU
1
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University Third Hospital, Engineering Research Center of Bone and Joint Precision Medicine, Beijing 100191, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Aged;
Fracture fixation, intramedullary;
Hip fractures;
Internal fixation failure
- MeSH:
Humans;
Male;
Female;
Hip Fractures/surgery*;
Aged, 80 and over;
Aged;
Risk Factors;
Retrospective Studies;
Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary/adverse effects*;
Bone Nails;
Bone Screws
- From:
China Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
2025;38(2):141-147
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To determine risk factors for cutout failure in geriatric intertrochanteric fracture patients after cephalomedullary nail fixation.
METHODS:A retrospective review of 518 elderly patients who underwent cephalomedullary nail fixation for intertrochanteric fractures between January 2008 and August 2018 was conducted, including 167 males and 351 females, age from 65 to 97 years old. All patients were followed up for at least one year after surgery and divided into a healed group and a cutout group based on whether the hip screw cutout occurred. Among all patients, 10 cases experienced hip screw cutout. The general information, surgical data, and radiological data of the two groups were compared, and risk factors influencing hip screw cutout were analyzed. Propensity score matching was then performed on the cutout group based on gender, age, body mass index(BMI), and American Society of Anesthesiologists(ASA), and 40 patients from the healed group were matched at a ratio of 1∶4. Key risk factors affecting hip screw cutout were further analyzed. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was conducted to evaluate associations between variables and cutout failure.
RESULTS:There were no statistically significant differences between the healed group and the cutout group in terms of age, gender, BMI, ASA, and AO classification. However, statistically significant differences were observed between the two groups in terms of reduction quality(P=0.003) and tip-apex distance(TAD), P<0.001. Multivariate analysis identified poor reduction quality OR=23.138, 95%CI(2.163, 247.551), P=0.009 and TAD≥25 mm OR=30.538, 95%CI(2.935, 317.770), P=0.004 as independent risk factors for cutout failure.
CONCLUSION:The present study identified poor reduction quality and TAD≥25 mm as factors for cutout failure in geriatric intertrochanteric fractures treated with cephalomedullary nails. Further studies are needed to calculate the optimal TAD for cephalomedullary nails.
