Sliding hip screw versus intramedullary nail for trochanteric hip fractures; a randomised trial of 1000 patients with presentation of results related to fracture stability

This study is the first adequately powered randomised trial on this topic and demonstrates that there are no notable differences in either process or functional outcomes between these two treatment methods, other than a tendency to better regain of mobility for those fractures fixed with an intramedullary nail.