Abstract
One hundred and fourteen trochanteric fractures of the femur were analysed. The ratio between males and females was 3.07. The average age of the patients was 78.6 years for both males and females. Low energy trauma (“simple fall” due to slipping, tripping, stumbling, or due to dizziness.) was the cause in 63 hips (73.2%) in female, in 16 hips (57.1%) in male. Seventy two percent of the females and 62% of the males were injured indoors. Sixteen fractures occurred while the patients were hospitalized for other reasons. There were 86 patients (76.3%) with preexisting diseases which were possibly related to the fracture. The cost of the treatment was \1, 418, 000. We suspected that the cost of the treatment of the trochanteric fractures in Japan was \4, 679, 400, 000.
