INTRODUCTION Girdlestone hip arthroplasty, though described as a salvage procedure for infected hip joints, can also be considered for failed Hemiarthroplasty procedures. The functional results of such Girdlestone hip may not be satisfactory. They may require total hip replacement to improve the quality of life, which are technically challenging. Here we are reporting such a case ina 60 year ol...

INTRODUCTION Femoral neck fractures are a common occurrence in lower limb amputees. Good post-operative results of hip hemiarthroplasty have been described in below-knee amputees. However, to our knowledge, very few such cases have been reported in above-knee amputees. CASE REPORT We present a case of a 75-year-old male patient who underwent above-knee amputation of the right lower limb for s...

BACKGROUND Femoral neck fractures are common injuries in the geriatric population associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Studies have shown outcomes can be positively influenced by early postoperative mobilization. The supercapsular percutaneously assisted total hip (SuperPath) surgical technique has been shown to lead to early mobilization for osteoarthritic total hip replacement ...

<p><strong>Background: </strong>A prospective study was done to compare the outcomes of management unstable intertrochantric femur fractures in elderly by hemiarthroplasty and osteosynthesis proximal femoral nail.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This an interventional study.<strong> </strong>The carried out over ...

Objective: To establish whether hip replacement or hemiarthroplasty is a superior treatment of displaced femoral neck fractures in a meta-analysis of prospective, randomized, controlled trials. Methods: A search of the orthopaedic literature was utilized to extract all randomized, controlled studies comparing total hip arthroplasty (THA) to hemiarthroplasty in elderly patients with displaced fe...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Little attention has been paid to undisplaced femoral neck fractures. By using data from the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register, we investigated the risk of reoperation and the clinical outcome after treatment of these fractures in patients over 60 years of age. METHODS Data on 4,468 patients with undisplaced femoral neck fractures who were operated with screw osteosynthes...

Because controversy surrounds the management of end-stage hip disease in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), this study evaluated the long-term outcome of bipolar hemiarthroplasty as an alternative to conventional joint arthroplasty. A total of 24 JRA patients underwent 39 hemiarthroplasties; follow-up averaged 12 years (range, 3 to 15 years). There were 14 hips (36%) revised, and 25 hips (64%...