Offset nail fixation for intertrochanteric fractures improves reduction and lag screw position

• Takehiro Matsubara,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kazuhito Soma,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Towa Hospital, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Ikufumi Yamada,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

  Affiliation Fushimi Momoyama General Hospital, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Hiroshi Fujita,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Hip Joint Center of Rakuyo Hospital, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Junya Yoshitani,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Takaoka Saiseikai Hospital, Takaoka, Toyama, Japan

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• Hiroyuki Oka,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Research and Management for Musculoskeletal Pain, 22nd Century Medical and Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hiroyuki Okada,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4217-1548

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• Sakae Tanaka

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tanakas-ort@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9210-9414

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