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Fractures of the Proximal Femur
Improving Outcomes

James P. Waddell, MD, FRCSC
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto School of Medicine, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Michaels Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Saunders
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Fractures of the Proximal Femur: Improving Outcomes

Fractures of the Proximal Femur

Improving Outcomes
James P. Waddell, MD, FRCSC , Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto School of Medicine, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Michaels Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Fractures of the Proximal Femur: Improving Outcomes
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Chapter 10, “Trochanteric Fractures: Sliding Hip Screw,” and Chapter 12, “Complications in Trochanteric Fractures,” by Jan Bartoníček. Jan Bartoníček retains copyright to text.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Fractures of the proximal femur : improving outcomes / [edited by] James P. Waddell. -- 1st ed.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-4377-0695-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Femur--Fractures. I. Waddell, J. P. (James P.)
[DNLM: 1. Femoral Fractures--surgery. 2. Hip Fractures--surgery. WE 855]
RD560.F73 2011
617.1’58--dc22
2010029515
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Contributors

Jan Bartoníček, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Department, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Královské Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic

Peter Biberthaler, MD, Associate Professor, Consultant Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery—Downtown, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Earl R. Bogoch, MD, FRCSC, Medical Director, Mobility Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and the Mobility Program Clinical Research Unit, St. Michael’s Hospital, Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bok Man Chan, MBBS, FRCPC, Director, Acute Pain Management, Pain Management Service, Department of Anaesthesia, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Angela M. Cheung, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Director, Centre of Excellence in Skeletal Health Assessment, Joint Department of Medical Imaging, Director, University Health Network Osteoporosis Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Judy Ann David, MD, Dip NB, Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India

Pavel Douša, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department, Third Medical School, Charles University, Orthopedi, St University Hospital Králoské Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic

Victoria I.M. Elliot-Gibson, MSc, Research Coordinator, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and the Mobility Program Clinical Research Unit, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

John F. Flannery, MD, FRCPC, Medical Director, MSK Rehabilitation Program, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Consultant Physiatrist, University Health Network, Mount Sinai Hospital and St. John’s Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dagmar K. Gross, MSc, President, MedSci Communications & Consulting Co., Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada

Gordon A. Higgins, BSc, MBChB, MRCS (Eng), FRCS (Tr & Orth), Orthopaedic Consultant, Torbay Hospital, South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Chief, The Torbay Hip and Knee Clinic, Lawes Bridge, Torquay, United Kingdom

Aaron Hong, BSc, MSc, MD, FRCPC, Staff Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesia, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hans J. Kreder, MD, MPH, FRCSC, Professor, University of Toronto, Orthopaedic Surgery and Health Policy Management and Evaluation, Chief, Holland MSK Program, Marvin Tile Chair & Chief, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Science Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Florian Kutscha-Lissberg, MD, Trauma Consultant, Department of Trauma Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Paul R.T. Kuzyk, BSc (Eng.), MASc, MD, FRCSC, Clinical Fellow, Division of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Peter Leung, MD, FRCPC, Director, Chronic Pain Management, Pain Management Service, Department of Anaesthesia, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rhona McGlasson, BScPT, MBA, Project Director, Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritis Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Implementation Branch, Access to Care Wait Times, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Janet E. Legge McMullan, RN, BScN, MN, Project Director, Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritis Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Implementation Branch, Access to Care Wait Times, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mirek M. Otremba, MD, BSc, FRCPC, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto, Director, Medical Consultation Service, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dawn H. Pearce, MD, FRCPC, Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Department of Radiology, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Patrick Platzer, MD, Trauma Consultant, Department of Trauma Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Tania Di Renna, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Andreas H. Ruecker, MD, Lead Senior Consultant, Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Hamburg— Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, FRCSC, Head Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Gerhild Thalhammer, MD, Trauma Consultant, Department of Trauma Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

James P. Waddell, MD, FRCSC, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto School of Medicine, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Michaels Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Michael G. Walsh, MD, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, State University of New York, Downstate, Brooklyn, New York

David Warwick, MD, BM FRCS, FRCS(Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Reader in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Keith Winters, MD, FRACS, Clinical Fellow, Foot and Ankle Reconstruction, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom

Camilla L. Wong, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, Geriatrician, A