Mp. Sarathy et al., NONUNION OF INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURES OF THE FEMUR - TREATMENT BY MODIFIED MEDIAL DISPLACEMENT AND VALGUS OSTEOTOMY, Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume, 77B(1), 1995, pp. 90-92
Nonunion of intertrochanteric fractures is uncommon but its effects ar
e disabling. We describe a modification of the medial displacement and
valgus osteotomy of Dimon and Hughston (1967) which we used in seven
fractures, six of which united within 16 weeks, Postoperatively, hip f
unction was good, The method provides good initial stability, a source
of cancellous bone graft, good postoperative hip abductor function an
d reliable healing of the nonunion without the need for intraoperative
imaging.