Comparison of Rehabilitation Outcomes Between Surgical and Conservative Treatments for Incomplete Intertrochanteric Proximal Femur Fractures—A Retrospective Cohort Study
Cheuk Kin Kwan, Yu Hei Choi, Rossetti Hiu Yin Lam, Richard Ku, Tsz Hang Ma, Wing Hong Liu, Wing Hoi Cheung, Chaoran Liu, Sheung Wai Law, Ronald Man Yeung Wong · 2026
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Cheuk Kin Kwan and colleagues match surgery against conservative care for incomplete fractures near the hip in older patients. Fixation is the norm for complete fractures, but an incomplete break might heal with no operation. The past-records group ran for a decade at a tertiary trauma center and rehabilitation unit.
In all, forty-two patients aged sixty or over fit the rules, with MRI-confirmed fractures. Ten had no operation, and thirty-two had one. Age and sex at the start were much the same in both. At three months, bone union was 100 percent in both groups. No shift of the break came later in either group, with or without protected weight-bearing. The study also matched mobility at discharge, hospital stay, and death rates at three months and one year.
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| CREATOR | Cheuk Kin Kwan, Yu Hei Choi, Rossetti Hiu Yin Lam, Richard Ku, Tsz Hang Ma, Wing Hong Liu, Wing Hoi Cheung, Chaoran Liu, Sheung Wai Law, Ronald Man Yeung Wong |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |