Copyright © Informa Healthcare Ltd 2009. ISSN 1745–3674. Printed in Sweden – all rights reserved. DOI 10.3109/17453670902876797 Patient 1 A 79-year-old woman with bilateral lower extremity weakness due to cervical myelopathy presented at our department in 2002 after multiple reconstructive procedures in both hips for developmental dysplasia of the hip. In 1993, a bulk allograft in combination w...

BACKGROUND At present, there is no consensus on an appropriate treatment modality for intertrochanteric fractures in the elderly with background diseases. The aim of the present study was to compare treatment outcomes of intertrochanteric fractures reduced with dynamic hip screws (DHS) and bipolar hemiarthroplasty in elderly patients with background medical conditions. METHODS In this randomi...

Hip replacement using hemiarthroplasty (HA) is a common surgical procedure in elderly patients with femoral neck fractures. However, questions remain regarding the choice of unipolar or bipolar HA. A meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) was performed to determine whether bipolar HA was associated with lower rates of dislocation, reoperation, acetabular erosion, mortality, and g...

Introduction: As the life expectancy of people is increasing , old age population also and trochanteric fractures with osteoporosis are getting commoner producing challenge regaining there pre operative activity status for which a cemented bipolar arthroplasty was performed as an alternative to osteosynthesis by Dynamic screws . Harris hip score assesed at various intervals within year.
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