[Analysis of the therapeutic results in 1127 patients with fractures of the femur in the Federal Republic of Germany and in Switzerland (author's transl)]

Abstract

Under the aspect of quality control of the surgical treatment the results of femur-fractures of 1127 patients were scrutinized. These patients were treated in 16 German and in 21 Swiss AO-hospitals. Different complications are discussed. The study shows that not so much the chosen method of osteosynthesis is of paramount importance, but the way it is performed, especially if the surgical technic is done according to standardized principles and biomechanical rules. As the injuries are in many cases very severe and as in many patients the fracture of the femur is only part of the polytrauma, the results are satisfying.