Treatment of unstable trochanteric fractures with Dimon-Hughston osteotomy displacement fixation and acrylic cement

Abstract

For the management of unstable trochanteric fractures, a new method consisting of Dimon-Hughston medial displacement osteotomy, fixation with a sliding screw sleeve-plate device, with augmentation of the posterior and medial upper femoral cortical defect with acrylic cement, was performed in 84 patients. All patients were allowed full weight bearing on the affected extremity within 1 week of operation. Sixty-five patients were available for follow-up more than 12 months after operation. Complication rates were low and 77 per cent of the patients achieved excellent and good functional results.