J Korean Fract Soc.  2005 Oct;18(4):364-368. 10.12671/jkfs.2005.18.4.364.

Functional Evaluation of the r-nailing Treatment of Intertrochanteric Fracture Older than 60 years Old Patient

• Yang HD
• Kim TK
• Kim YJ
• Park JY
• Kim HJ
• Lee JW
• Kil EY

• KMID: 2015397
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12671/jkfs.2005.18.4.364

Abstract

PURPOSE: To evaluate the functional status after Gamma nailing in inter-trochanteric fractures in elderly with functional recovery score (FRS).
MATERIALS AND METHODS
We reviewed 285 patients of intertrochanteric fracture treated by gamma nailing from January 1993 to May 2002 with follow up more than 3 years. We analized recovery of functional status concerned with sex, age, fracture pattern, functional recovery index.
RESULTS
The intertrochanteric fractures in elderly resulted in 15.8% loss of function after 3 years. The more functional loss was observed in female, the older age, and Boyd-Graffin type II fracture but, were not signifily related with functional loss except age.
CONCLUSION
We concluded that the age is the important factor to functional recovery to pre-injury status in elderly patients.

Keyword

Intertrochanteric fracture; r-nailing; Functional recovery score

MeSH Terms

Aged
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hip Fractures
Humans
Middle Aged*