EARLY MOBILIZATION AND LONG-TERM RESULTS OF TREATMENT OF TROCHANTERICFRACTURES WITH THE DYNAMIC HIP SCREW AND THE GAMMA-NAIL

Authors
SCHICK CH WOLFEL R WALTHER M HENNIG FF
Citation
Ch. Schick et al., EARLY MOBILIZATION AND LONG-TERM RESULTS OF TREATMENT OF TROCHANTERICFRACTURES WITH THE DYNAMIC HIP SCREW AND THE GAMMA-NAIL, Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie, 1996, pp. 991-993
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00238236
Year of publication
1996
Supplement
2
Pages
991 - 993
Database
ISI
SICI code
0023-8236(1996):<991:EMALRO>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We studied early mobilisation and long-term results in patients treate d with the dynamic hip screw (DHS) or gamma nail after trochanteric fr actures. Both implants showed good results in stable fractures; patien ts with unstable fractures were able to walk with full load earlier wh en treated with the gamma nail. We recommend the DHS for stable and th e gamma nail for unstable trochanteric fractures.