Compression fixation of peritrochanteric fractures and early weight bearing.
Forty-two patients with peritrochanteric fractures of the femur were treated by open reduction and internal fixation with a 95 degree A-Ocompression plate. In 30 of 42 patients (71%) resumption of weight-bearing was achieved by 4 weeks from the time of surgery. Compressive fixation devices have biomechanical advantages over other types of standard nail-plates.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001863:Bone Screws; D004434:Early Ambulation; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors