Bipolar hemiarthroplasty for subcapital fracture of the femoral neck. A prospective randomised trial of cemented Thompson and uncemented Moore stems

Emery, RJ; Broughton, NS; B. Desai, Keyur; Bulstrode, CJ; Thomas, TL

doi:10.1302/0301-620x.73b2.2005165

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Bipolar hemiarthroplasty for subcapital fracture of the femoral neck. A prospective randomised trial of cemented Thompson and uncemented Moore stems

Published in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume • Mar 1, 1991

Authors:

RJ Emery

NS Broughton

Keyur B. Desai

Abstract

We performed a randomised prospective trial to compare the results of 27 cemented and 26 uncemented bipolar hemiarthroplasties in active patients with displaced subcapital fractures of the femoral neck. After a mean follow-up of 17 months, significantly more of the uncemented group were experiencing...

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Medicine

Femoral neck

Surgery

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