[Inter- and subtrochanterie fractures treated by Ender's method (author's transl)]

308 patients with intertrochanteric and subtrochanteric femoral fractures were treated by Ender's method of intramedullary fixation from June 1975 to September 1978. The average age was 78,4 years, the mortality rate was 16,3 per cent. There was no infection of the bone and no non-union. In 78 per cent of re-examined patients the hip function was good and very good. The treatment of old patients with this operation is the method of choice.