A novel lower bound for tip-apex distance

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A novel lower bound for tip‑apex distance Omer Subasi1 · Lercan Aslan2 · Mehmet Demirhan2 · Aksel Seyahi2 · Ismail Lazoglu1  Received: 25 June 2020 / Accepted: 25 September 2020 © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020

Abstract Purpose  The cut-out of the cephalomedullary nail is among the most common post-surgery complications for intertrochanteric fractures. As a risk predictor, a tip-apex distance (TAD) below 25 mm, observed from orthogonal fluoroscopic views, is recommended in the literature. This study aims to demonstrate that TAD