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The patients, comprising 100 males and 112 females aged 65\u201398 years old (mean age 77.8\u2009\u00b1\u200910.5 years), were categorized based on fracture healing outcomes into a normal healing group (163 cases) and an abnormal healing group (49 cases, including 2 cases of non-union). Factors such as gender, age, injury side, fracture classification, thickness of femoral lateral wall, medial support, tip-apex distance and fixation position were recorded and analyzed through Logistic regression to identify the main factors influencing fracture healing.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Univariate analysis revealed statistically significant differences in AO classification, Evans-Jensen classification, medial support, tip-apex distance and main screw position between the two groups (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). Logistic regression analysis indicated that AO type A1 (OR\u2009=\u20091.030), medial support (OR\u2009=\u20090.395), tip-apex distance \u226425\u2005mm (OR\u2009=\u20090.266) and main screw located in the middle and lower part of the femoral head (OR\u2009=\u20090.986) were significantly related to fracture union (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). The Oxford score of the normal fracture healing group (mean 42.6\u2009\u00b1\u20094.5 points) was higher than that of the abnormal healing group (mean 35.4\u2009\u00b1\u20093.2 points) (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The stability of internal fixation is the most important factor affecting intertrochanteric fracture healing. 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