European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 27:267-272
ISSN:
1432-1068 1633-8065
DOI:
10.1007/s00590-016-1887-3
Popis:
Proximal femoral fractures in adults under 50 years are not as common as in the elderly, but may have just as significant an impact. There is little in the literature describing the functional outcomes of fixation in this age group. Our aim was to assess the clinical and functional outcomes of operative management of extracapsular proximal femoral fractures (AO 31-A) in the young adult (