title: [Extra-articular proximal femur fracture in the elderly--dynamic hip screw or intramedullary hip screw for fracture management?].
abstract: Over a 6-year period we treated 119 pertrochanteric fractures using dynamic hip screws (DHS). During the following 3 years we stabilized 112 per-, sub- and intertrochanteric, as well as "trochanter-associated" fractures by means of intramedullary hip screws (IMHS) or gamma nails (GN). Within comparable patient groups we encountered the following complications: DHS vs IMHS/GN: secondary varus malalignment of the collum femoris with "cut out": 1.7% vs. 1.8%; secondary varus malalignment without "cut out": 0.8% vs. 1.8%; infections: 5.0% vs. 2.7%; hematomas needing revision operations: 2.5% vs. 0%; torn out plate: 1.7% vs. 0%; intraoperative fissures of the shaft: 0% vs. 1.8%; intraoperative perforations of the shaft: 0% vs. 0.9%. Thus, the rate of reoperation for complications within the DHS series was 11.8%, while the rate within the IMHS/GN series was 6.3%. For stable pertrochanteric fractures we therefore acknowledge DHS as the ideal implant in our opinion, while for all other extraarticular proximal fractures of the femur we recommend IMHS or GN.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Würzburg.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weckbach
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sellmair
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Blattert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001863:Bone Screws; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: Die extraartikuläre proximale Femurfraktur des alten Menschen--DHS oder intramedulläre Hüftschraube zur Frakturversorgung?