title: [Minimally invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis for the treatment of intertrochanteric femoral fractures of Evans IlI and IV in elderly patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study therapeutic effects of minimally invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis for the treatment of intertrochanteric femoral fractures of Evans III, IV in elderly patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  From December 2007 to April 2010, 23 patients with intertrochanteric femoral fractures were reviewed. Among the patients, 11 patients were male and 12 patients were female,ranging in age from 62 to 90 years, with a mean of 72.8 years. According to Evans classification, 13 patients were type III and 10 patients were type IV. All the patients were treated with proximal femoral locking plate (minimally invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis, MIPPO) surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The operative time ranged from 45 to 60 min, with an average of 50 min. The blood loss ranged from 60 to 100 ml, averaged 80 ml. All the patients were followed up,and the duration ranged from 9 to 18 months, with an average of 11 months. The healing time based X-ray ranged from 3 to 6 months, with an average of 4 months. According to hip scoring criteria evaluation: 18 patients got an excellent results, 5 good.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For the treatment of intertrochanteric femoral fractures of Evans III, IV in elderly patients, MIPPO has advantages such as small trauma, reliable fixation, which has good clinical application.
authors.affiliation: Quhua Hospital, Quzhou 324004, Zhejiang, China. KFX963@163.com
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Mei-Yuan
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Zhi-Jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Kai-Ming
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001860:Bone Plates; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012867:Skin; D016896:Treatment Outcome