[Comments on the problem of treatment of ipsilateral combined fractures at the coxal end of the femur and shaft of the femur (author's transl)]

Abstract

The article discusses te problems of ipsilateral fractures of the neck and shaft of the femur, basing on relevant cases of patients of the university clinic of Accident Surgery in Vienna (8 patients) and available references from literature (164 injured persons). The surgical methods of treatment are shown, attention is drawn to their justification, and the advantages and disadvantages of the individual methods are described. Preference is given to intramedullary methods of osteosynthesis, such as the locking nail and the Y nail.