Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: The present study was conducted for comparing the efficacy of Proximal Femoral Nail vs. Dynamic Hip Screw in Treatment of Intertrochanteric Fractures. Materials & methods: A total of 40 patients with fracture inter-trochantric femur will be taken for evaluation of DHS v/s PFN after fulfilling the inclusion criteria. All the patients in the present study were divided broadly into two study group with 20 patients in each group. The first group was DHS group, which included subjects in which DHS implants were placed, while the other group included the PNF group, which included subjects in which PNF implants were placed. All the patients were treated according to respective study groups. Patients were given post-op antibiotics for adequate duration. Follow-up was done. Results: Mean time of early mobilization till weight bearing in the DHS group and the PFN group were found to be 18.5 and 12.9 respectively. Significant results were obtained while comparing the mean time of early mobilization till weight bearing in between DHS group and PFN group (P- value < 0.05). Conclusion: Our results suggest that the use of the proximal femoral nail may allow a faster post-operative restoration of walking ability, when compared with the dynamic hip screw.