[Ender nailing of proximal femoral fractures and its results]

It is reported of 77 patients with fractures of the proximal femur who have been treated with internal fixation using Ender-nails. The average age was 76 years. The mortality rate was 16.9%, the infection rate 2.6%. In 79.2% there were no complications at all. The average hospitalisation period was 35 days. After an average period of 2 1/2 years a follow-up study was possible (24 patients). In 62.5% there was no pain, in 25% patients had light pain in the knee and in 8.3% they felt light pain in the hip. An important disturbance of movements in hip or knee was never to be seen. Only one patient was not able to walk. 58.3% walked without help, 37.5% with the help of a walking stick. In 54.2% there was a rotation failure of the femur, in 25% more than 20 degrees.