9 | SOME COMMENTS ABOUT SURGICAL TREATMENT
Most femoral trochanteric fractures are treated surgically, if there is no contraindication due to the patient’s health status.
In terms of surgical methods, until now, the bone fixation is still considered the mainstream, in which mainly the sliding hip compression screw (DHS) and the intramedullary hip screw nail, while the hip replacement is indicated in special cases are related to the patient’s overall condition as well as the functional status of the hip.