Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures: Unipolar Versus Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Intracapsular femoral neck fractures are common in the elderly population. To avoid the poor outcome of internal fixation and for early mobilization, hemiarthroplasty is performed. However, there is inadequate evidence to support the choice between unipolar or bipolar hemia...

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Main Authors: Somashekar, Sathya Vamsi Krishna, Sridhara Murthy JN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Orthopaedic Association 2013-07-01
Series:Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal
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Online Access:http://www.morthoj.org/2013/v7n2/unipolar-versus-bipolar-hemiarthroplasty.pdf