Research Article

The Clinical Efficacy of Minimally Invasive Clamp-Assisted Reduction and Open Reduction with Wire Cerclage for Unstable Subtrochanteric Fractures

Table 1

Baseline characteristics and clinical outcomes of Group A and Group B.

Group A (n = 41), %Group B (n = 27), % value

Sex (male)30 (73.17)19 (70.37)0.80
Age (y)58.98 (31–83)57.04 (30–83)0.65
Seinsheimer classification0.76
 IIB13 (31.71)8 (29.63)1.00
 IIC2 (4.87)1 (3.70)1.00
 IIIA11 (26.83)4 (14.81)0.37
 IIIB1 (2.44)2 (7.41)0.56
 IV9 (21.95)7 (25.93)0.77
 V5 (12.20)5 (18.52)0.50
Quality of reduction0.03
 Good24 (58.54)22 (81.48)
 Acceptable12 (29.27)5 (18.52)
 Poor5 (12.20)0
Implant type0.94
 Gamma312 (29.27)9 (33.33)
 InterTan8 (19.51)5 (18.52)
 PFN21 (51.22)13 (48.15)
Operation time (min)102.05 ± 29.04124.01 ± 35.280.04
Estimated-blood-loss (ml)145.73 ± 75.50172.59 ± 83.790.12
Complication rate3 (7.32)2 (7.41)0.86
 Nonunion20
 Infection11
 Cut-out01
TAD (cm)20.34 ± 4.3821.11 ± 3.210.33
Varus/valgus126.46 ± 2.89127.44 ± 2.080.83
Follow-up time (months)17.58 ± 4.5819.44 ± 5.530.16
Day of stay (days)8.22 ± 1.979.52 ± 2.010.08
Union time (months)4.82 ± 0.893.56 ± 0.640.01
HHS76.29 ± 9.2775.59 ± 8.880.64