Criteria
fracture, fractures
The inclusion criteria were: patients > 50 years of age admitted with a stabile pertrochanteric fracture, able to speak Danish and sign the written consent, and expected to be able to complete the postoperative controls. The exclusion criteria were: patients who were unable to follow the standard hip fracture regime, were breastfeeding, pregnant, terminal ill, in need of an open fracture reduction, in need of a SHS lateral plate with an angle different from 135° or longer than 4 holes, fractures where fewer than 3 tantalum beads were inserted in the femoral head, Tip Apex Distance (TAD) > 20 mm in two dimensions on the first post-operative X-ray, fracture displacement > 20 mm in two dimensions on the first post-operative X-ray.