[Ender nailing for stabilization of pertrochanteric fractures in advanced age. A safe procedure?].

The postoperative course of 138 patients with a pertrochanteric fracture treated by nailing according to Ender is analysed with regard to the operative morbidity and lethality. As secondary factors associated with morbidity the specific and unspecific rate of complications, the lethality, the perioperative loss of blood and the duration of postoperative hospitalisation are evaluated. Specific complications occurred in 27%, unspecific complications in 50%, and the rate of hospital mortality was 15.

[Management of femoral neck fracture with an intermediate (dual head) prosthesis in geriatric surgery].

Between 1980 and 1989 in 195 elderly patients with fractures of the femoral neck a duo-cup endoprosthesis was inserted. The average age was 78 years, most of them were high risk patients with sometimes more than 2 preexisting diseases. The hospital mortality after hip replacement was 9.

[Incidence of complications and early mortality in surgical management of coxal femoral fractures].

In a retrospective study the clinical course of 393 patients treated for proximal femur fractures is evaluated. Intraoperative complications occurred in 2% whereas early complications related to the operative procedure were seen in 19.8% and unspecific complications in 36.