Treatment of Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures in Elderly High Risk Patients with External Fixation
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Intertrochanteric fractures are very common among elderly patients. These fractures are cause of significant morbidity and mortality in conservatively treated patients. Because of that the treatment of choice is surgery. The most commonly used surgical method is internal fixation which is associated with intraoperative blood loos and prolonged anesthesia. The elderly patients are high risk patients for surgery and conservative treatment is a bad alternative as it is associated with a high mortality rate. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the results of the external fixation for the treatment of intertrochanteric hip fractures in a group of high surgical risk elderly patients.
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