Abstract: [Objective] To retrospectively compare the survival status of elderly patients with femoral intertrochanteric fractures treated by internal fixation of proximal femoral nail anti-rotation (PFNA) versus hemiarthroplasty (HAP). [Methods] A retrospective study was performed on 62 elderly patients who had femoral intertrochanteric fractures treated surgically in our hospital from January 2018 to January 2023. According to the preoperative communication with family members, 27 elderly received PFNA, while the other 35 cases received HAP. The perioperative data, such as operation time, intraoperative blood loss and related complications, were compared. Patients were evaluated with Harris hip score and activities of daily living (ADL) score, as well as survival condition until the end point of followup at 12 months after surgery or death. [Results] The PFAN cohort proved significantly superior to the HAP cohort in terms of operative time [(51.9± 5.2) min vs (69.3±4.8) min, P<0.001], intraoperative blood loss [(110.9±20.3) mL vs (191.7±10.6) mL, P<0.001], hospitalization cost [(1.3± 0.6) 10k yuan vs (1.9±0.3) 10k yuan, P<0.001], although the former was significantly inferior to the latter in terms of walking time [(6.2±0.9) days vs (4.8±0.6) days, P<0.001] and hospital stay [(11.5±1.1) days vs (10.1±1.8) days, P<0.001]. A total of 17 patients died in a year after operation, with a total mortality of 27.4%. One year after operation, the PFNA group had 4 patients died with the mortality of 14.8%, whereas HAP group got 13 patients died accounting for 37.1%, and there was a significant difference in mortality between the two groups (P<0.05). Excluding the 17 cases of death, the Harris score and ADL score in the PFAN group were significantly lower than those in HAP group one month after operation (P<0.001), whereas which became not significantly different between them 3 months after surgery (P>0.05). However, the Harris score and ADL score in the PFNA group were significantly better than those in the HAP group at the latest follow-up (P<0.05). In terms of complications, there was only 1 case of loosening of internal fixation in the PFNA group, by contrast, there were 4 cases of poor incision healing, 3 cases of prosthesis dislocation and 1 case of periprosthetic fracture in the HAP group, and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). [Conclusion] In this group of patients, PFNA is superior to HAP regarding surgical trauma, medical cost and survival status in a year postoperatively. It is suggested that PFAN should still be considered as an important method for the treatment of femoral intertrochanteric fractures in the elderly.