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 4

Image outcome, implant-related complications, and reoperation in 31A2 fractures.

	DHS+TSP (%)	PFNA , (%)	value
Osseous union	161 (94.2)	66 (94.3)	0.627
Failure of osteosynthesis
All	10 (5.8)	4 (5.7)	0.967
Screw cutout	9 (5.3)	3 (4.3)
Nonunion	1 (0.58)	1 (1.4)
Implant irritation	26 (15.2)	4 (5.7)	0.043
Reoperation
All	6 (3.5)	3 (4.3)	0.798
Implant removal	4 (2.3)	0
New osteosynthesis	2 (1.2)	0
Bipolar hemiarthroplasty	0	1 (1.4)
Total hip arthroplasty	0	2 (2.9)