Abstract:[Objective] To explore the risk factors for failure of proximal femoral nail anti-rotation (PFNA), establish a scoring system for postoperative stability of PFNA, and explore its predictive value. [Methods] A total of 164 patients who received PFNA for femoral inter- trochanteric fractures in our hospital from January 2019 to January 2022 were included in this study. According to the follow-up results, the patients were divided into successful group and failure group. Univariate comparison and binary regression analysis were used to search the risk factors of PFNA failure. A scoring system was established according to the risk factors, its value for predicting PFNA failure was an- alyzed using receiver operating curve (ROC). [Results] Of the 164 patients, 38 patients were confirmed as PFNA failure, counting for 23.2%. As consequences of univariate comparison, the failure group was significantly inferior to the successful group in terms of that the lat- eral wall integrity [n, complete/incomplete; (12/25) vs (93/33), P<0.05], calcar referenced tip-apex distance (Cal-TAD) [n, <25 mm /≥25 mm; (9/29) vs (83/43), P<0.05], spiral blade position [n, good/poor; (13/25) vs (111/15), P<0.05], fracture classification [n, complete/danger- ous/broken; (5/12/21) vs (98/17/11), P<0.05], reduction quality [n, excellent/good/poor; (4/12/22) vs (81/29/16), P<0.05], cortical support [n, positive/neutral/negative; (4/11/23) vs (82/29/15), P<0.05]. Based on logistic regression analysis, poor lateral wall integrity (OR=12.118, P= 0.007), greater Cal-TAD (OR=18.995, P=0.003), poor spiral blade position (OR=20.603, P=0.003), and poor fracture classification (OR= 14.71, P=0.014), negative medial cortical support (OR=16.068, P=0.01) and poor reduction quality (OR=45.598, P=0.001) were indepen- dent risk factors for PFNA failure. According to the logistic regression, a scoring system was created, and ROC analysis showed that the crit- ical value for predicting fixed failure of this scoring system was 6.5, the area under the curve (AUC) was 0.934, and the sensitivity and speci- ficity were 94.7% and 73.0%. [Conclusion] Poor lateral wall integrity, poor spiral blade position, poor fracture classification, negative medi- al cortical support, and poor reduction quality are risk factors for PFNA failure. The scoring system established on this basis might have clinical significance for predicting PFNA failure in some extent.