A Comparison of Mortality following Distal Femoral Fractures and Hip Fractures in an Elderly Population

Table 1

Patient demographics according to treatment received.

	Conservative	Plate fixation	Intramedullary nail
Number	43	7	18
Mean age (years)	84	77	87
Female; (%)	38 ()	6 ()	16 ()
Knee arthroplasty; (%)	6 ()	1 ()	1 ()