Early postoperative mortality similar between cemented and uncemented hip arthroplasty: a register study based on Finnish national data

Background and purpose — Implant survival of cemented total hip arthroplasty (THA) in elderly patients is higher than that of uncemented THA. However, a higher mortality rate in patients undergoing cemented THA compared with uncemented or hybrid THA has been reported. We assessed whether cemented fi...

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Main Authors: Elina Ekman, Antton Palomäki, Inari Laaksonen, Mikko Peltola, Unto Häkkinen, Keijo Mäkelä
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medical Journals Sweden 2019-01-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2018.1558500