Open AccessCementless Fixation Is Associated With Increased Risk of Early and All-Time Revision After Hemiarthroplasty But Not After THA for Femoral Neck Fracture: Results From the American Joint Replacement Registry
Author(s) -
James I. Huddleston,
Ayushmita De,
Heena Jaffri,
John W. Barrington,
Paul J. Duwelius,
Bryan D. Springer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000001932
Subject(s) - medicine , periprosthetic , fixation (population genetics) , surgery , femoral neck , arthroplasty , retrospective cohort study , osteoporosis , population , environmental health
Despite ample evidence supporting cemented femoral fixation for both hemiarthroplasty and THA for surgical treatment of displaced femoral neck fractures, cementless fixation is the preferred fixation method in the United States. To our knowledge, no nationally representative registry from the United States has compared revision rates by fixation for this surgical treatment.