Search for: [Abstract = "The subject of this study are problems concerning surgical treatment of trochanteric fractures of the femur in elderly patients using Gamma nails. We did an analysis both X\-ray and functional results taking as a control group patients having been treated for a trochanteric fracture with a bundle of Ender’s nails. The general aim of the study has been a finding answer to the question\: Does the surgical treatment of trochanteric fractures of the femur in elderly patients using Gamma nails provide a stable bone union and to what extent it allows to regain a pre\-traumatic mobility\; that being compared to patients having their fracture united with a bundle of Ender’s nails\? The aim of the study had been realized over the years 2003 – 2007, and it is based on my own clinical experience during my work at the Orthopedic and Trauma Ward of St. Lukas Hospital in Tarnów. The study group consisted of 194 patients having their fracture united with a Gamma nail. The control group was formed by 153 patients having had a surgery utilizing Ender’s nails. For the purpose of establishing the type of fracture Evans’s classification modified by Jensen was used. An original scale was utilized to evaluate functional and X\-ray results of every patient. The stability of bones unions was clinically verified by analyzing mechanical complications in both study groups. Mortality rate and reasons of death w"]

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