title: [The gamma nail--an ideal implant for treatment of unstable fractures in elderly patients].
abstract: Altogether we used the Gamma-Nail in 150 cases. We show here a series of 50 instable pertrochanteric femur fractures in very old patients which we treated with a Gamma-Nail. All cases started with full weight bearing at the 4th day after operation. A clinical and radiological control 12 weeks later shows good mobilisation of the hip in 70% of the cases. Shortening of the operated leg is rare in comparison of cases treated with a DHS. Two thirds of the patients returned after dismission of the hospital to the old social situation. The advantages in treating instable pertrochanteric femur fractures with the Gamma-Nail are immediate full weight bearing without risks of shortening of the operated leg and the closed reduction of the fracture.
authors: Chirurgische Klinik, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Eberle
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Guyer
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Keller
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Metzger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001858:Bone Nails; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Der Gamma-Nagel--ein ideales Implantat zur Behandlung instabiler Frakturen bei alten Patienten.