Who, if anyone, may benefit from a total hip arthroplasty after a displaced femoral neck fracture? <subtitle>a post hoc subgroup analysis of the HEALTH trial</subtitle>

Who, if anyone, may benefit from a total hip arthroplasty after a displaced femoral neck fracture? <subtitle>a post hoc subgroup analysis of the HEALTH trial</subtitle>

AimsThe aim of this study was to explore the functional results in a fitter subgroup of participants in the Hip Fracture Evaluation with Alternatives of Total Hip Arthroplasty versus Hemiarthroplasty (HEALTH) trial to determine whether there was an advantage of total hip arthroplasty (THA) versus he...

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Main Authors: Frede Frihagen, Marianne Comeau-Gauthier, Daniel Axelrod, Sofia Bzovsky, Rudolf Poolman, Diane Heels-Ansdell, Mohit Bhandari, Sheila Sprague, Emil Schemitsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery 2022-08-01
Series:Bone & Joint Open
Subjects:
Femoral neck fracture
Health-related quality of life
Total hip arthroplasty
Hemiarthroplasty
displaced femoral neck fracture
total hip arthroplasty (THA)
Online Access:https://online.boneandjoint.org.uk/doi/10.1302/2633-1462.38.BJO-2022-0074.R1

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https://online.boneandjoint.org.uk/doi/10.1302/2633-1462.38.BJO-2022-0074.R1

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