THE VALUE OF STATIC-LOAD OSTEOSYNTHESIS O F PERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURESIN GERONTOTRAUMATOLOGY

The problems experienced by most patients with trochanteric fractures are caused by their advanced age, particularly multimorbidity and oste oporosis, and due to this early postoperative functional treatment is only possible with full weight-bearing ability. To avoid perforation o f the femoral head by overstress and collapse of the weak cancellous b one, any stabilizing device should be designed with an II-beamed blade , providing a large load-bearing surface. In our experience the 130 de grees-Double-T-blade-Plate is an effective implant for the treatment o f pertrochanteric fractures, offering high stability, a large load-bea ring surface, comparable complications with those known in other devic es, easy and fast implantation, and low costs.