title: Treatment of peritrochanteric fractures by the use of gamma nail.
abstract: The Gamma nail was designed to treat unstable intertrochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures. In this study we analysed a total of 60 patients (44 men and 16 women), who were surgically treated for the peritrochanteric fracture in period 2006-2007 at the University Hospital Mostar. After the surgical treatment good bone healing was achieved in 50 patients (83.3%). A total of five patients had delayed healing or protrusion of the cervical screw, and in two patients nails were not appropriately distally locked. During the follow-up period a total of 7 patients died. The average operation time was 40 minutes, and the average blood loss was 400 mL, which is a comparable result with the previously published studies. In conclusion, although most of the peritrochanteric fractures treated at the University Hospital Mostar were fixated by gamma nail, the final decision regarding the operational technique should be left to surgeon's judgment, since the efficacy of the treatment plan is highly dependent on experience of the operational team and surgeon's operational technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. zdenkoostojic@net.hr
authors.forename: Zdenko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ostojić
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moro
authors.forename: Ante
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kvesić
authors.forename: Sandor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: Josip
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bekavac
authors.forename: Slavko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manojlović
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001858:Bone Nails; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged