Table 1.
Measurements from X-ray analysis (standard deviation given in parentheses)
| Sliding hip screw and plate | Cephalocondylic nail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean tip apex distance (mm) | Mean Parker’s ratio | Mean tip apex distance (mm) | Mean Parker’s ratio | |||
| Anteroposterior | Lateral | Anteroposterior | Lateral | |||
| Observer 1 | 26.2 (7.2) | 46.4 (9.7) | 49.3 (7.7) | 22.9 (6.3) | 49.3 (9.7) | 47.9 (8.1) |
| Observer 2 | 21.3 (6.8) | 48.1 (8.5) | 46.4 (7.0) | 19.3 (6.6) | 50.7 (8.6) | 47.8 (7.3) |
| Combined | 24.0 (6.1) | 47.3 (8.3) | 47.9 (5.9) | 21.1 (6.1) | 50.0 (8.8) | 47.9 (7.1) |