Most recent published articles
reviewed in the
“State of the art of management
of extracapsular fractures of the femur”
Hip fractures continue to be the most common serious injury in the elderly population. The last few years have seen significant improvements in both surgery and rehabilitation, with the aim of providing an improved patient satisfaction and cost-effective treatment pathway. A comprehensive update is therefore necessary in order to create awareness on how treatment has evolved, and possibly find a way to create a guideline consensus on the different treatment options.
Topics reviewed in this document:
- Epidemiology of Extracapsular Fractures of the Proximal Femur, Goals of PFF management;
- Towards a multidisciplinary approach;
- The importance of preoperative assessment;
- What’s the correct time for surgery?;
- Anaesthesia management;
- An overview on PFF fractures fixation procedures;
- Surgical and nonsurgical complications associated with hip fractures.
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Barcelona, 30/05 – 01/06
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Meet the Experts at EFORT 2018
Presentation and discussion of clinical cases with
expert surgeons will take place in our Hospitality Suite

Dr. R. CivininiA.O.U. Careggi, C.T.O.Florence, Italy
Wednesday 30th May
10:00-10:30 Extracapsular Fractures of the Proximal Femur
10:30-11:00 Nailing of Extracapsular Hip Fractures
11:00-12:30 Interactive Clinical Case Discussion

Dr. D. BlonnaOspedale Mauriziano Umberto ITurin, Italy
Wednesday 30th May
13:00-14:00 Proximal Humeral Fractures – Treatment Options
14:00-14:30 External Fixation in Proximal Humeral Fractures
14:30-15:30 Interactive Clinical Case Discussion
Thursday 31st May
10:00-11:00 Proximal Humeral Fractures – Treatment Options
11:00-11:30 External Fixation in Proximal Humeral Fractures
11:30-12:30 Interactive Clinical Case Discussion

Dr. Satya NaiqueImperial College Healthcare NHSTrust, London, United Kingdom
Thursday 31st May
13:00-14:00 Open Tibial Fractures Treated with Circular External Fixation
14:00-14:30 Circular External Fixation in Trauma
14:30-15:30 Interactive Clinical Case Discussion
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Chimaera Hip Fracture SystemTM
Chimaera Hip Fracture System™ has been designed leveraging decades of knowledge and experience in hip nailing.
It is a monocephalic hip nail with dual lag screw option for increased stability when required. The nail is available in 10mm and 11mm diameter with dedicated color coded instruments, all in one tray, for precise and reproducible operative steps.

FEATURES & BENEFITS
Self-locking sliding lag screw: designed to reduce lateral pain during weight-bearing and the related reoperation rate
Supplementary lag screw: anti-rotational stability
All-in-one instrument tray
Intuitive color coded instrument selection
Instrumentation allows reproducible, easy and accurate measurement and may reduce related x-ray exposure
Galaxy Fixation™ Shoulder
Galaxy external fixation system for upper and lower limb applications with a particular focus on Galaxy Shoulder. Galaxy Shoulder allows for minimally invasive fixation of proximal humeral fractures. The standardized frame application is indicated for most common proximal humeral fracture patterns, both in young and elderly patients. It offers a stable standardized approach with six paired threaded wires (reverse Y assembly) with reproducible results.

TL-HEX Trauma
TL-HEX Trauma external fixation system for lower limb applications. TL-HEX Trauma is a stable circular hexapod external fixation system with ball-and-socket universal joints.
Easy to assemble and to adjust, the system allows full control of bone segments without compromising stability.
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