Dynamic Hip Screw with Trochanter-Stabilizing Plate Compared with Proximal Femoral Nail Antirotation as a Treatment for Unstable AO/OTA 31-A2 and 31-A3 Intertrochanteric Fractures

Table 1

Patient demographics.

	DHS+TSP	PFNA^a
Total number ()	234	124
Mean age, years (range)	79.6 (35–97)	77.4 (26–95)
Sex ()
Female (%)	160 (65.8%)	72 (58.1%)
ASA classification^b ()
I (%)	10 (4%)	11 (8.8%)
II (%)	36 (15.4%)	39 (31.5%)
III (%)	188 (80.3%)	74 (59.7%)
Fracture type (AO/OTA) ()
31A2	171	70
31A3	63	54
Mean follow-up times, months (range)	13.1(10–17)	12.9(10–18)

^aIncluding short and long PFNA, long nail percentage: 23% (28/124). ^bAmerican Society of Anesthesiologists classification of comorbidities.