Pertrochanteric fractures of the femur treated with a Küntscher trochanter nail
| Autor: | T. Paavilainen, von Bonsdorff H, S. Hakkinen, H. Jaroma, O. Kiviluoto, E. B. Riska |
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| Rok vydání: | 1976 |
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Trochanteric fractures
Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Dentistry Bone Nails Postoperative Complications Fracture fixation medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Femur Aged Trochanter business.industry Mortality rate Mean age Middle Aged Surgery Fracture Fixation Intramedullary medicine.anatomical_structure Nail (anatomy) Female business Femoral Fractures Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica. 47(4) |
| ISSN: | 0001-6470 |
| Popis: | Thirty-nine patients with pertrochanteric fractures were treated with the Kiintscher trochanter nail. Six were males and 33 females. Their mean age was 76 years. Excellent or good results of treatment were recorded in 25 cases, and good union of the fracture was noted in 19 patients within 4 months and in 15 cases as early as 2 months after the operation. The primary mortality rate was of the same order as with other methods of nailing, 15 per cent in this series. The operation is easy and short, and is suitable at least for stable pertrochanteric fractures of elderly patients. |
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