Operative treatment of intertrochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures

Abstract

The incidence of intertrochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures is about 17-24% in structure of skeletal trauma. The dynamic hip screw and interlocking intramedullary nails are standard implants for the trochanteric fractures treatment. We treated 243 patients with proximal femoral fractures with the DHS, DCS, PFN, PFNA and TGN from 2003 to 2007. The mean age was 70,9 years. The long-term results were observed in 102 patients, at the period 3-6-12 months after operation. The intramedullary interlocking nailing provides stable fixation of all types of inter and subtrochanteric femoral fractures