One hundred and four consecutive intertrochanteric hip fractures treated
with a compression screw were reviewed. Despite death and lack of
follow-up, the late results in sixty-two cases of fracture were analyzed.
Three non-unions and one malunion gave the technique a failure rate of only
6.4 per cent. Twenty-two patients with both stable and unstable fractures
were allowed to bear weight as early as tolerated, in an average of
fourteen days. Early weight-bearing did not appear to compromise the end
result.