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UK national guidelines advise that adults with subtrochanteric fractures should be treated with an intramedullary nail (IMN). This study aims to compare peri-operative outcome measures of patients with subtrochanteric fractures treated with either an IMN or a dynamic hip screw (DHS) construct.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We retrospectively reviewed subtrochanteric fractures presenting at our institution over 4.5\u00a0years (October 2014\u2013May 2019), classifying them into two treatment groups; IMN and DHS. These groups were compared on outcome measures including surgical time, blood loss, radiation dose area product (DAP), length of stay, re-operation rate and mortality.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>During the time period studied, 86 patients presented with a subtrochanteric fracture of the femur; with 74 patients (86%) receiving an IMN and 12 (14%) receiving a DHS. The comparative outcome measures reaching statistical significance were blood loss and radiation DAP. The DHS group showed a significantly lower mean blood loss of 776\u00a0ml compared to 1029\u00a0ml in the IMN group. Also, the DHS group showed a significantly lower mean DAP of 150.30\u00a0mGy\u00a0cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> compared to 288.86\u00a0mGy\u00a0cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> in the IMN group.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Although UK national guidelines recommend treating all subtrochanteric fractures with an IMN; the outcome measures assessed in our study did not show use of an IMN to be superior to a DHS. The DHS group showed a lower estimated blood loss and a reduced DAP. This, along with the reduced financial cost associated with a DHS, may support the use of DHS over IMN for certain subtrochanteric fractures of the femur. There may not be a single favourable implant for the treatment of subtrochanteric fractures as a whole; instead different subtypes of fracture may be amenable to a number of fixation devices. 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