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Patient demographics, injury characteristics, and operative details were recorded. Procedures were performed on either a traction table or flat-top table. The primary outcome was total operating room (OR) time. Secondary outcomes included setup time, surgical time, reduction grade, tip-apex distance, implant placement, blood loss, fluoroscopic exposure time, fluoroscopic radiation dose, and postoperative complications.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      54 patients positioned supine and 29 positioned lateral decubitus were included. No differences were observed between groups regarding patient and injury characteristics, including operating table type (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&gt;\u20090.05). Lateral group, compared to supine group, had significantly greater total OR time (218.2\u2009\u00b1\u200960.8 vs. 162.8\u2009\u00b1\u200945.4\u00a0min,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), setup time (90.9\u2009\u00b1\u200921.5 vs. 64.1\u2009\u00b1\u200921.2\u00a0min,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), surgical time (114.5\u2009\u00b1\u200943.4 vs. 85.8\u2009\u00b1\u200933.4\u00a0min,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and fluoroscopic radiation dose (13.5\u2009\u00b1\u200913.8 vs. 6.1\u2009\u00b1\u20093.7\u00a0Gy\u00b7cm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). There was no significant difference in reduction grade, implant placement measures, blood loss, fluoroscopy time, or postoperative complications (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&gt;\u20090.05). On multivariate regression, lateral positioning was significantly associated with increased total OR time (\u03b2\u2009=\u200942.17,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.004), setup time (\u03b2\u2009=\u200921.55,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001), surgical time (\u03b2\u2009=\u200921.18,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.040), and radiation dose (\u03b2\u2009=\u20096.37,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.009).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Supine positioning for CMN of intertrochanteric fractures in elderly patients was associated with shorter operative time compared to lateral positioning, with no difference in reduction quality or implant placement.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00590-026-04739-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,15]],"date-time":"2026-04-15T08:56:33Z","timestamp":1776243393000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Does supine versus lateral position affect operative time and reduction quality for elderly intertrochanteric femur fractures?"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"36","author":[{"given":"Ryan C.","family":"Ross","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Soroush","family":"Shabani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brandan","family":"Sakka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jorge","family":"Figueras","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Allen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jackson","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Charalampos","family":"Zalavras","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lane","family":"Shepherd","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joseph T.","family":"Patterson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joshua L.","family":"Gary","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"4739_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1064","DOI":"10.1002\/jbmr.4821","volume":"38","author":"C Sing","year":"2023","unstructured":"Sing C, Lin T, Bartholomew S et al (2023) Global epidemiology of hip fractures: secular trends in incidence rate, post\u2010fracture treatment, and all\u2010cause mortality. 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