The Mennen plate in periprosthetic hip fractures

We would like to report five patients with periprosthetic hip fractures, treated with a Mennen plate, as we felt there were contraindications to revision surgery in these patients. Their average age was 79.1 years. All patients were uncomfortable in Thomas splint traction and more comfortable after surgery; they required an average of 2 units of blood to be transfused; they were partially weight-bearing with a caliper in an average of 9 weeks, home in an average of 10 weeks, and the average time to clinical or radiological union was 4.8 months. We considered a reasonable level of mobility was regained after surgery and would recommend Mennen plate fixation for periprosthetic fractures in those patients perhaps too frail for revision.