As one of the leading causes of elderly patients' hospitalisation, proximal femur fractures
(PFFs) will present an increasing socioeconomic problem in the near future. This is a result …

Femoral neck fractures are a commonly encountered injury in orthopaedic practice and
result in significant morbidity and mortality. It is essential that surgeons are able to recognize …

Background Controversy exists over the use of bone cement in hip fractures treated with
hemiarthroplasty. Only limited data on quality of life after cemented as compared with …

Context Understanding the incidence and subsequent mortality following hip fracture is
essential to measuring population health and the value of improvements in health care …

Purpose Displaced femoral neck fractures in healthy elderly patients have traditionally been
managed with hemiarthroplasty (HA). Recent data suggest that total hip arthroplasty (THA) …

The optimal treatment of recent femoral neck fractures remains debated. The available
options are internal fixation, hemiarthroplasty (HA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA). There is …

Background Displaced femoral neck fractures usually are treated with hemiarthroplasty.
However, the degree to which the design of the implant used (cemented or uncemented) …

Objective To determine whether total hip arthroplasty is associated with lower reoperation
rates, mortality, and complications, and better function and quality of life than …

The best treatment for the active and lucid elderly patient with a displaced intracapsular
fracture of the femoral neck is still controversial. Randomised controlled trials have shown …

Background: Controversy exists regarding the use of cement for hemiarthroplasty to treat a
displaced subcapital femoral neck fracture in elderly patients. The primary hypothesis of this …