Treatment of trochantric fractures using the dynamic hip screw

Forty three patients with trochanteric fractures were surgically treated using the dynamic hip screw. Their mean age was sixty four. Two patients died during the postoperative hospital stay, three patients died during the first three months postoperatively of medical causes unrelated to the surgery and two patients were lost for follow up. The other thirty-six patients could be regularly followed up for an average period of seven months. Seventy five per cent of these patients could regain their prefracture level of activity. Two failures occurred, one due to improper implant choice and the other due to an operative technical error