The current surgical standard for pertrochanteric femoral fractures is minimally invasive nail osteosynthesis, whereby the lesser trochanter fragment is usually not reduced or fixed. However ...

The femur is the long bone in your thigh ... where the bone is shattered into multiple fragments. Typical symptoms of a broken leg include intense pain, swelling, bruising, and difficulty moving ...

Severely comminuted distal femur fractures require anatomic internal fixation for best results, but obtaining rigid fixation of the multiple fragments ... and the fracture pattern compromise ...