Authors : Anand Kaushal, Sagarkumar Usdadia, Rasik Shiyal, Jaimin Patel, Dhimant Patel
DOI : 10.18231/j.ijos.2019.051
Volume : 5
Issue : 4
Year : 2019
Page No : 258-262
Introduction: Intracapsular femoral neck fractures account for 50% of all hip fractures occurring mainly i
n elderly females. Surgical treatment of neck of femur fracture is based on patient ’ s age, comorbidities,
walking abilities and life expectancy. In displaced fractures in a young patient mainly internal fixation is
used while for displaced fractures in elderly patient hemiarthroplasty is preferred. Here we evaluate the
results of unipolar v/s fixed bipolar prosthesis in these patients treated with hemiarthroplasty.
Keywords: Hemiarthroplasty, Neck femur fractures, Unipolar prosthesis, Bipolar prosthesis.