Fractures of the Femur. End Results*

My part in this symposium is to discuss the end results of fractures of the femur. In order to gain the proper perspective, I have reviewed the literature of the past five years and have carefully, with the assistance of Dr. J. I. Mitchell, studied the records of 222 consecutive cases in the Mayo Clinic. The literature on the subject is so abundant that I shall not attempt to discuss it, but proceed at once with the discussion of data concerning the patients who have been under our care. Fifty-seven of the 222 patients had sustained fractures recently; the remaining 165 presented the end results of treatment which they had received elsewhere. These patients came to the Clinic because of malunion, delayed union, nonunion, chronic osteomyelitis, stiff joint, and so forth.