A Comparative Study of 30 cases of Trochanteric Fracture Femur Treated with Dynamic Hip Screw and Proximal Femoral Nailing

摘要

Trochanteric fracture femur is a common and grievous injury, mostly suffered in elderly people. In young people it is mostly an outcome of high energy trauma. Various procedures of internal fixation has been proposed as a treatment. Present study was a prospective evaluation and comparison. Thirty patientsdess than 65 years old) with Trochanteric fracture femur were treated with osteosynthesis with Dynamic hip screw (DHS) and Proximal femoral nailing (PFN). The clinical results were compared between the Dynamic Hip Screw and Proximal Femoral Nailing groups of 15 patients each.