Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 2 Frequency of treatment modalities with demographic data and fracture type distribution of each group
Treatment modality | No. of patients | % of entire cohort (%) | Gender m = male | Mean age (range) years | Fracture types (% within the treatment group) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-operative | 96 | 22.7 | 76 F 20 M | 70.5 (43–102) | n = 25 isolated tuberosity fractures (26%) n = 24 subcapital 2-part fractures (25%) n = 32 3-part fractures (33.3%) n = 15 complex fractures (15.6%) |
Locked nailing | 45 | 10.6 | 32 F 13 M | 74 (31–92) | n = 23 subcapital 2-part fractures (51.1%) n = 20 3-part fractures (44.4%) n = 2 complex fractures (4.4%) |
Locked plating | 211 | 49.9 | 148 F 63 M | 64.4 (28–92) | n = 4 isolated tuberosity fractures (1.9%) n = 11 subcapital 2-part fractures (5.2%) n = 119 3-part fractures (56.4%) n = 77 complex fractures (36.5%) |
Hemi-fracture prosthesis | 29 | 6.9 | 19 F 10 M | 64.7 (43–84) | n = 3 3-part fractures (10.3%) n = 26 complex fractures (89.7%) |
Reverse fracture prosthesis | 42 | 9.9 | 37 F 5 M | 78.9 (62–95) | n = 4 3-part fractures (9.5%) n = 38 complex fractures (90.5%) |