Risk of Aseptic Revision and Periprosthetic Fracture Following Bipolar Versus Unipolar Hemiarthroplasty

Background:. Hemiarthroplasty is currently the most common treatment for displaced femoral neck fractures in the elderly. While bipolar hemiarthroplasty was developed to reduce the risk of acetabular erosion that is associated with traditional unipolar hemiarthroplasty, meta-analyses have reported s...

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Main Authors: Kanu Okike, MD, MPH, Kathryn E. Royse, PhD, Gurpreet Singh, MD, David W. Zeltser, MD, Heather A. Prentice, PhD, Elizabeth W. Paxton, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2023-06-01
Series:JBJS Open Access
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/jbjsoa/fulltext/10.2106/JBJS.OA.23.00009