title: [Ender nailing of proximal femoral fractures and its results].
abstract: It is reported of 77 patients with fractures of the proximal femur who have been treated with internal fixation using Ender-nails. The average age was 76 years. The mortality rate was 16.9%, the infection rate 2.6%. In 79.2% there were no complications at all. The average hospitalisation period was 35 days. After an average period of 2 1/2 years a follow-up study was possible (24 patients). In 62.5% there was no pain, in 25% patients had light pain in the knee and in 8.3% they felt light pain in the hip. An important disturbance of movements in hip or knee was never to be seen. Only one patient was not able to walk. 58.3% walked without help, 37.5% with the help of a walking stick. In 54.2% there was a rotation failure of the femur, in 25% more than 20 degrees.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001858:Bone Nails; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications
vernacular_title: Die Endernagelung proximaler Oberschenkelfrakturen und ihre Ergebnisse.