title: [Advances in the surgery of hip-joint fractures since W. Denk's era (author's transl)].
abstract: On the occasion of the centenary of Prof. Dr. W. Denk's birth, a short survey is given of the advances in the surgical management of fractures in the region of the hip joint in the post-Denk era. It was Denk who encouraged his colleagues to undertake the first nailing of a collum femoris fracture according to Smith-Peterson's method on December 26th, 1932 at his department.
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D001858:Bone Nails; D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000266:history / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000266:history*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D049673:History, 20th Century
vernacular_title: Fortschritte in der operativen Behandlung hüftgelenksnaher Frakturen seit W. Denk.