The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 60, Issue 3 300-306, Copyright © 1978 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Subtrochanteric fractures of the femur
F Seinsheimer
The results of treatment of fifty-six patients with subtrochanteric
fractures of the femur are presented and a new classification of these
fractures is described. In forty-seven fractures treated with internal
fixation there were nine failures of fixation. One type of lesion, the
three-part spiral subtrochanteric fracture, occurred eighteen times and
accounted for eight of the failures of fixation.