[Treatment of pertrochanteric femoral shaft fractures using the Küntscher trochanter nail].

Pertrochanteric femur fractures may be problematic for patients in advanced age in whom a major surgical intervention or lasting bedrest may lead to dangerous complications or subsequent diseases. Immediate, tender osteosynthesis for good loadbearing stability is the answer to the problem. The author describes his own technique of trochanteric nailing according to Küntscher which has so far been applied with good success to 744 patients.