Clinical Results Using the Trochanter Stabilizing Plate (TSP): The Modular Extension of the Dynamic Hip Screw (DHS) for Internal Fixation of Selected Unstable Intertrochanteric Fractures

Abstract

In unstable pertrochanteric fractures with small or missing lateral cortical buttress, the addition of a TSP to the DHS effectively supports the unstable greater trochanter fragment and can prevent rotation of the head-neck fragment. Excessive fracture impaction and consecutive limb shortening was prevented by this additional implant in 90 percent of these patients.