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20 - 22 September 2012, Opatija, Croatia
THE TREATMENT OF PROXIMAL FEMORAL FRACTURES IN
COUNTY HOSPITAL DUBROVNIK IN PERIOD APRIL 2011-APRIL
2012.
Marijo Bekić, Institute of Surgery, Division of Traumatology, County Hospital Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik,
Croatia
Jakiša Lojpur, Institute of Surgery, Division of Traumatology, County Hospital Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik,
Croatia
Nikša Kojić, Institute of Surgery, Division of Traumatology, County Hospital Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik,
Croatia
Marko Margaritoni, Institute of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, County Hospital
Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Fractures of the proximal femur are associated with a greater number of deaths and disabilities and higher medical
expenses than all the other osteoporotic fractures together and therefore represents a great social and economic
problem.
We reported a 65 consecutive patients admitted into the Institute of Surgery, Division of Traumatology, County
Hospital Dubrovnik, Croatia, treated with a different type of implants depending on type of fracture of proximal
femoral region.
Fifteen men and 50 women aged 68 to 92 underwent fixation using an Dinamic Hip Screw (DHS), Short Gamma
Nail, Locking Compression Plate and Partial Endoprothesis (PEP).
All patients with unstable trochanteric femoral fractures were treated operatively using the Gamma Nail. Postoperatively
patients were mobilised early without weight bearing.
A Gamma Nail is useful for the treatment of trochanteric femoral fracture offering an early patient verticalisation
and discharge from Hospital.
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