Study of surgical management of Trochanteric and sub trochant- eric fractures with proximal femoral nailing – A study of 40 cases

Introduction: Intertrochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures are devastating injuries that most commonly affect elderly, but it is not uncommon in younger age. Trochanteric fractures in elderly are due to trivial fall where as in younger population it is due to high energy trauma. Treatment of these fractures especially sub trochanteric fractures is highly challenging, because there is high risk of malunion, delayed union (No-Union), implant failure, etc. There are various methods of treatment available but Proximal Femoral Nail ( PFN) which is centromedullary collapsible device with additional rotation stability is biomechanically more stable implant.