A Prospective, Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing the use of the Proximal Femoral Nail - Antirotation and Dynamic Hip Screw for Stable Intertrochanteric Femur Fractures-Stable Trochanteric Fractures Intramedullary versus Extramedullary (STRIVE) Study.

However, is this cheaper implant really obsolete in the fixation of IT fractures? In the current environment, where surgical technique for intramedullary nailing has been refined, are technical errors still an issue? With a growing ageing population, the number of intertrochanteric fractures and invariably the number of stable intertrochanteric fractures is on an increasing trend.

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