Surgical treatment of trochanteric fractures: An Ivorian experience

Treatment of trochanteric and subtrochanteric hip fractures

Treatment of trochanteric bursitis: our experience

[Purpose] Trochanteric bursitis is a disease for which there are no effective standardized therapy protocols. Very often pain persists in spite of applying all therapeutic treatments. The purpose of this study was to determine whether treatment of trochanteric bursitis with a local injection of bicomponent corticosteroid and 2% lidocaine would improve patients' conditions and relieve pain sympt...

Surgical Treatment of the Trochanteric Fractures by Using the External and Internal Fixation Methods

Trochanteric fractures usually occur in older patients, who are more than 65 years old, with greater loss of the skeletal mass. Conservative methods of treatment are accompanied by the greater percentage of death cases; moreover, they do not render valid anatomical and functional results. Surgical treatment by using the dynamic implant presents a method of choice in the fixation of the trochant...

Proximal femoral nail for treatment of trochanteric femoral fractures.

PURPOSE To report outcomes of 87 consecutive patients treated with a proximal femoral nail (PFN) for trochanteric femoral fractures. METHODS 17 men and 70 women aged 58 to 95 (mean, 85) years with trochanteric femoral fractures underwent PFN fixation using an intramedullary nail, a lag screw, and a hip pin. Fractures were classified according to the AO system; the most common fracture type wa...

Hemiarthroplasty is an effective surgical method to manage unstable trochanteric fractures in elderly people.

Trochanteric femoral fractures are a major problem in the elderly because of higher bone fragility due to osteoporosis. Numerous chronic illnesses, which usually affect the elderly, aggravate and complicate their surgical treatment. Trochanteric femoral fractures results in high morbidity and mortality in elderly patients. The aim of our study is to evaluate the effectiveness of hemiarthroplast...