Intertrochanteric fracture fixation with a dynamic comparession screw,at Shaikh Zayed hospital, Lahore

ABSTRACT

During a period of three years, nearly all the intertrochanteric fractures of femur, presenting in our hospital were fixed with a Dynamic Compression Screw. Patients were followed up for a period of six months. The average age of patients was sixty years in men and sixty six years in women. Twenty two percent had associated medical problems. Average hospital stay was eight days. Infection rate was two patients [25%] and that of mortality was one percent