[Treatment of long unstable femoral intertrochanteric fractures with locking plate and cable rope].

Objective: To investigate clinical effect of long unstable femoral intertrochanteric fractures with locking plate and cable rope.

Methods: From June 2004 to June 2010, twenty-six elderly patients with long unstable femoral intertrochanteric fractures were treated locking plate and cable rope fixation,included 16 males and 10 females with an average age of (58.23 +/- 4.