We reviewed 115 trochanteric fractures treated surgically from January 1972 to February 1978. Sixty-eight of 115 fractures were operated by the nail-plate method. In these two groups, we compared operating time, volume of bleeding and start of weightbearing. Consequently we found that Ender's method was superior to the nailplate method. In his method to get the solid and stable fixation, it is necessary to insert the pins into the proximal fragment to more than two-thirds of its length, but not to concentrate them in the lateral part of the femoral head.
