Are Intertrochanteric Fractures Evolving? Trends in the Elderly Population over a 10-Year Period

Abstract

Intertrochanteric fractures in elderly patients have evolved into more complex fractures over the past ten years, despite there being no change in the age of the patients over the same duration. This increasing proportion of unstable intertrochanteric fractures has brought about a greater tendency to fix these fractures with intramedullary implants.