Abstract
Between July 1982 and June 1985, 52 hip fractures have been treated with the sliding compression hip screw. The 52 of these reported include 4 subcapital femoral neck fractures, 46 intertrochanteric fractures and 2 subtrochanteric fractures.
Patients' ages ranged from 59 to 98 years, with mean of 77.2. An average of weight bearing time was nine days. Twenty-nine patients with both stable and unstable fractures were allowed to bear weight within 7 days. Early weight-bearing did not exercise a bad influence upon the end result.
