Hemiarthroplasty of the hip with and without cement | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由FTaylor著作·2012·被引用228次—Theprimaryhypothesisofthisstudywasthatuseofcementwouldprovide...analogpainscoresfollowingthisprocedureinanelderlypatientpopulation....tohemiarthroplastywitheitheracementedExeteroranu

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 study was that use of cement would provide better visual analog pain scores following this procedure in an elderly patient population.

Methods: Elderly patients (at least seventy years of age) without severe cardiopulmonary compromise who presented to one institution with a displaced subcapital femoral neck fracture were offered inclusion in the study. One hundred and sixty patients (mean age, eighty-five years) with an acute displaced femoral neck fracture were randomly allocated to hemiarthroplasty with either a cemented Exeter or an uncemented Zweymüller Alloclassic component. Clinical and radiograp...