Clinical outcomes following long versus short cephalomedullary devices for fixation of extracapsular hip fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Of the different types of hip fractures, extracapsular fractures such as basicervical neck of femur fractures and intertrochanteric (IT) fractures are thought to be the most associated with falls from a standing height in elderly patients who have osteoporosis 4 . Currently there is an increasing trend towards the using a cephalomedullary device (CMD) to manage both stable and unstable extracapsular hip fractures (EHFs) as these nails act as an intramedullary buttress to prevent excessive shaft medialization 5 – 7 .

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