Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2017

FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF FRACTURE NECK OF FEMUR TREATED WITH UNCEMENTED BIPOLAR PROSTHESIS

Dr Balagopal. K, Dr. Kiran. N. K, Dr. Jose Francis . C

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 Uncemented Bipolar hemiarthroplasty for neck of femur fractures in elderly patients is a viable option that can prevent the complications of a cemented system. The study was conducted to find out the functional outcome of treating a fracture neck of femur in patient uncemented bipolar prosthesis. The study is a prospective descriptive study and 29 patients meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria were studied over a period of 18 months. The functional outcome was measured by using the modified Harris hip score. Most of these patients sustained the fracture following a fall, consistent with the fact that these fractures are more common in the osteoporotic bone following trauma. Also the mean age of the patients in the study was 69.44.  The results showed that pain and limping was not a big problem to majority of the patients. Above 72% of the patients had good range of movements. There was only 1 case of post operative infection, which subsided with antibiotics given according to sensitivity of cultured organism. The mean hip score in the study was 78 which was comparable to similar studies conducted by other authors. Majority of the patients had co–morbidities and hence it was addressed adequately. Hemiarthroplasty with uncemented bipolar prosthesis is a good choice to mobilize these patients at the earliest. Most of the people here in our hospital comes from rural areas and this type hemiarthroplasty provides a cost effective surgical option for these patients.

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Dr BALAGOPAL.K, Dr.KIRAN.N.K, Dr.JOSE FRANCIS .C, FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF FRACTURE NECK OF FEMUR TREATED WITH UNCEMENTED BIPOLAR PROSTHESIS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-10 | October-2017

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