Why the study?
Does an uncemented femoral stem compared to a cemented femoral stem improve outcomes in patients with an intracapsular fracture of the neck of the femur?
Population
Patients with an intracapsular fracture of the neck of the femur undergoing hemiarthroplasty (n=412)
Comparison
Uncemented (Corail) femoral stem vs Cemented (Exeter) femoral stem (n=292)
Design
Case-control
Follow-up
365 days
Authors
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Comparable re-operation and mortality rates support either stem; complication profiles leave fixation choice open for randomized trials.
Does an uncemented femoral stem compared to a cemented femoral stem improve outcomes in patients with an intracapsular fracture of the neck of the femur?
Both cemented and uncemented stems of proven design show comparable overall re-operation and mortality rates at 1 year for intracapsular femoral neck fractures.
Grammatopoulos et al. (2015) studied this question.
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