Open AccessTreatment of trochanteric femoral fractures with double dynamic internal fixation
Author(s) -
Zoran Golubović,
Milorad Mitković,
Djordje Gajdobranski,
Lana Mačukanović-Golubović,
Ivan Micić,
Predrag Stojiljković
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0706267g
Subject(s) - medicine , internal fixation , surgery , dynamic hip screw , femur , osteoporosis , traumatology , external fixator , orthopedic surgery , endocrinology
Trochanteric fractures are extracapsular fractures of the proximal femur. The increasing number of trochanteric fractures is a great sociomedical problem. These fractures usually occur in elderly people (older than 65 years) with osteoporosis. Lateral and frontal falls are the most frequent cause of trochanteric fractures in the elderly. The aim of this paper is to present our results of applying the Mitković selfdynamisable internal fixator (SIF).