OBJECTIVE: To perform a radiographic and functional evaluation of the complications of diaphyseal fractures of the femur associated with ipsilateral fractures of the trochanter or the neck of the femur. METHODS: From 2002 to 2007, seventeen patients were treated, of which 88% were men, with a mean age of thirty-one years and three months. Ten (59%) had associated fractures of the femoral neck and seven (41%) had associated trochanteric fractures. The final range of motion of the hip and knee, the radiographic fracture consolidation, and the type of implant, used were evaluated, both at the time and retrospectively, based on the patients' records. The mean follow-up time was 48 months. RESULTS: All the trochanteric fractures consolidated without residual deformities. Of the femoral neck fractures, three (30%) presented delayed consolidation and two consolidated with in varus deformity. Two patients had delayed diaphyseal consolidation. All the ssociated diaphyseal/trochanteric fractures had good or excellent functional outcomes. Of the associated neck fractures, seven (70%) had excellent or good results, two had regular results, and one had a bad result. CONCLUSIONS: The association of diaphyseal with trochanteric femur fractures showed better radiographic and functional results, with less complications, than the association of diaphyseal and femoral neck fractures.
Hip fractures; Femoral fractures; Intramedullary fracture fixation; Femoral neck; Femur
