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ArticleBioMed research international2016

Is It Time to Phase Out the Austin Moore Hemiarthroplasty? A Propensity Score Matched Case Control Comparison versus Cemented Hemiarthroplasty.

Christian Fang, Rui-Ping Liu, Tak-Wing Lau, Anderson Leung, Tak-Man Wong, Terence Pun, Frankie Leung

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Article in BioMed research international, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Christian FangDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0002-3827-0351
Rui-Ping LiuDepartment of Orthopaedics, No. 2 People's Hospital of Changzhou, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 29 Xinglong Alley, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, China.
Tak-Wing LauDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Anderson LeungDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Tak-Man WongDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Terence PunDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Frankie LeungDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0002-5215-1615

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We compared the Austin Moore hemiarthroplasty versus cemented hemiarthroplasties using a propensity score matched cased control study. For a consecutive cohort of 450 patients with displaced intracapsular neck of femur fractures, 128 matched cases in each group were selected based on age, gender, walking status, nursing home residency, delays in surgery, ASA score, and the Charlson comorbidity score. At a mean follow-up of 16.3 months, we evaluated their outcomes. Significantly more patients with AMA experienced thigh pain (RR = 3.5, 95% CI: 1.67-7.33, p = 0.000), overall complications (RR = 4.47, 95% CI: 1.77-11.3, p = 0.000), and implant loosening (RR = 8.42, 95% CI: 2.63-26.95, p = 0.000). There were no definite cement related deaths in this series. There was no significant difference in mortality, walking status, and the number of revisions between the groups. We support the routine use of cemented hemiarthroplasty instead of the Austin Moore for treating elderlies with displaced intracapsular neck of femur fractures.

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Hip ProsthesisAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBone CementsCase-Control StudiesFemaleFemoral Neck FracturesHemiarthroplastyHumansMaleMiddle AgedPropensity ScoreBone Cements

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PMID27042669
PMCPMC4799807

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