[Fractures of the lower extremity of the femur. Therapeutic indications and results of a series of 86 fractures].

The authors report 76 recent fractures of the lower femoral end. The types of fractures, the treatment and the results are analyzed. Kuntscher's close wound intramedullary nailing with reaming should be employed for transversal supra-condylar fractures and classical osteosynthesis for other cases.