Thirty–two patients (11 male, 21 female) with a meanage of 64 years were prospectively studied

afterundergoing Recon femoral nail after failed treatmentof intertrochanteric fractures with

dynamic hip screw. One patient hadbilateral surgery. The mean time from primarysurgery to

the secondary surgery was 15 months(range, 4 to 32 months). The mean follow–up period

was 57 months (range, 30 to108 months).Three patients had deep venous thrombosis, two had

gastrointestinal bleeding and one had a non fatal pulmonaryembolism.At the last follow–up, we

were able to review26 patients .the majority had good pain relief and marked functional

improvement. Twenty–twopatients had either no or mild pain and 24 patientswere able to walk

freely with or without support.Almost 78% of patients had either excellent or goodclinical

resultsbased on Harris hip score. Heterotopicossification was noted in 8 hips.Recon femoral

nail was found in this study to bean effective salvage procedure after failed treatmentof

intertrochanteric fracture in elderly patients