Abstract
10Jan 2019 MANAGEMENT OF NEGLECTED FRACTURE NECK OF FEMUR WITH CEMENTED BIPOLAR HEMIARTHROPLASTY: A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY. Sakib Arfee , Mohammad Azhar Ud Din Darokhan and Abdul Ghani. Resident Orthopaedics, Govt. Medical College and Hospital Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Senior Resident Orthopaedics. Govt. Medical College and Hospital Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Associate Professor Department of orthopaedics, Govt. Medical College and Hospital Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Highlights
In geriatric population femoral neck fractures is one of the most common injuries
As the bipolar hemiarthroplasty being quicker leading to lesser morbidity and low rate of dislocation which is quite common after primary THR in fracture of neck femur
Between November 2017 and October 2018, a prospective hospital based study was done in which a single operating surgeon performed cemented bipolar hemiarthroplasty in 20 patients which included 12 males and 8 females at post graduate department of orthopaedics G.M.C
Summary
In geriatric population femoral neck fractures is one of the most common injuries. Very little literature is available as far as treatment of neglected femoral neck fractures. Material and methods: In this prospective observational study, 20. Cases of neglected (3 to 8 months, mean 5.2 months) intracapsular fracture neck of femur in elderly patients with mean age of 72.8 years (range: 66-87 years) were treated by a single operating surgeon with cemented bipolar hemiarthroplasty. This study was conducted at the post graduate Dept. The results and follow-up were evaluated; functional results were analyzed by using modified Harris hip scoring system
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