As shown by a study elaborated in 1980 by the A.O. (Working Association for Osteosynthesis) which was based on the data of 1127 @entity1 , the number of general complications occuring during the primary treatment of @entity174 of the femur had increased by 13%. However, this study also comprised a great number of polytraumatically injured @entity1 possessing other indications for surgery than @entity1 with monosseous @entity174 of the femur shaft. So all monosseous @entity174 of the shaft were compiled with the aid of the A.O. computer in Bern, and 1257 cases were received. It is clearly demonstrated by evaluating these cases that a primary treatment of @entity174 of the femur has a significantly better effect than a delayed treatment. The number of @entity299 increases with the time interval passing between injury and treatment. The same effect was not statistically proved for @entity358 ; on the contrary some @entity358 occured during primary treatment in young @entity1 , i.e. in a group of @entity1 where this is expected least of all. For the future, the circulatory parameters of these @entity1 must be estimated with special accuracy. Fatalities only occurred in the group of the oldest @entity1 ; the number of @entity204 increased significantly with the time interval after the injury. The differences between the present study and the preceding. A.O. study of 1980 are explained by the relatively great number of polytraumatically injured @entity1 with @entity174 of the femur included in the first study. However, no satisfactory explanation does exist for the @entity204 occurred in 1972 at our own hospital, mentioned at the beginning of this report.

[Considerations on the time of surgery of femoral XXXX ].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'persons'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fractures'] @entity358 :: ('MESH:D008171', 'Disease') :: ['pulmonary complications'] @entity299 :: ('MESH:D006331', 'Disease') :: ['cardiac complications'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['deaths']
@entity174 :: (MESH:D050723,Disease) :: ['fractures']
