title: [External cement fixation of trochanteric fractures in aged patients].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The author presents a new technic for treatment of trochanteric fractures in 29 elderly patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Following closed reduction, external stabilization of the fractures is performed percutaneously using 6 metal pins assembled by a bridge of methyl methacrylate bone cement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This easy, particularly non traumatic and economical technic has permitted the treatment of trochanteric fractures in elderly patients with encouraging results.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lahbabi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; D008768:Methylmethacrylates
vernacular_title: Fixation Externe-Ciment (F.E.C.) dans les fractures Cervico-Trochantériennes du grand vieillard.