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SUBMITTER: Rivera F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4956684 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rivera Fabrizio F Leonardi Francesco F Maniscalco Pietro P Caforio Marco M Capelli Roberto R Molinari Giampaolo G Esopi Paolo P
Arthroplasty today 20150828 3
There is still debate over the limits of age and bone stock quality of patients on whom to use an un-cemented straight stem coated with hydroxyapatite (HA). We studied a group of 244 patients with a displaced intracapsular fracture of the femoral neck who underwent cementless hemiarthroplasty or total hip arthroplasty. 143 patients were reviewed at the two-year follow up. A fully HA-coated stem for intracapsular hip fracture results in a satisfactory return to pre-injury mobility and a low compl ...[more]