Contemporary posterior surgical approach with standard cemented total hip arthroplasty for femoral neck fracture in patients of age 60 years and older: Still a safe option?

Contemporary posterior surgical approach with standard cemented total hip arthroplasty for femoral neck fracture in patients of age 60 years and older: Still a safe option?

Purpose: The ideal operative treatment of displaced intracapsular femoral neck fractures in the active elderly is contentious. Recent literature favours a better outcome with the use of total hip arthroplasty (THA). Dislocation remains a major concern with THA, especially when a posterior approach i...

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Main Authors: Kevin Syam, P Nithin Unnikrishnan, Akmal Turaev, Jeremy Oakley, Henry Wynn Jones, Nikhil Shah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:Journal of Joint Surgery and Research
Subjects:
Hip arthroplasty
Fracture neck of femur
Posterior approach
Small femoral head
Cemented total hip arthroplasty
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949705123000270

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