Cemented or uncemented hemiarthroplasty for the treatment of femoral neck fractures?: A Finnish database study of 25,174 patients

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cemented hemiarthroplasty is preferred in treating displaced fractures of the femoral neck in the elderly. The cementing process may cause a fat embolism, leading to serious complications or death. In this study, we wanted to determine whether use of uncemented hemiarthroplas...

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Autores principales: Yli-Kyyny, Tero, Sund, Reijo, Heinänen, Mikko, Venesmaa, Petri, Kröger, Heikki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2014
Materias:
Register Studies, Hip and Knee
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24397746
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2013.878827

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24397746
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2013.878827

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