Naseem Ul Gani, Khursheed Ahmed Kangoo, Arshad Bashir, Rahil Muzaffer, Mohammad Farooq Bhat, Munir Farooq, Abdul Rashid Badoo, Imtiyaz Hussian Dar, Mudassir Maqbool Wani
In developing countries, due to limited availability of modern anesthesia and overcrowding of the hospitals with patients who need surgery, high-risk patients with "intertrochanteric" fractures remain unsuita ble for open reduction and internal fixation.The aim of this study was to analyze the results of external fixation of "intertrochanteric" fractures in high-risk geriatric patients in a developing country.The results of 62 ambulatory high-risk geriatric patients with a mean age of 70 years (range 58-90 years) with "intertrochanteric" fractures, in whom external fixation was performed, are reported...
October 10, 2009: Orthopedic Reviews