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Comparative Study
. 2010 Aug 6:11:175.
doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-175.

Dual mobility cup reduces dislocation rate after arthroplasty for femoral neck fracture

Sarunas Tarasevicius  1 , Mantas Busevicius, Otto Robertsson, Hans Wingstrand
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Comparative Study

Dual mobility cup reduces dislocation rate after arthroplasty for femoral neck fracture

Sarunas Tarasevicius et al. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. .

Abstract

Background: Hip dislocation after arthroplasty for femoral neck fractures remains a serious complication. The aim of our study was to investigate the dislocation rate in acute femoral neck fracture patients operated with a posterior approach with cemented conventional or dual articulation acetabular components.

Methods: We compared the dislocation rate in 56 consecutive patients operated with conventional (single mobility) cemented acetabular components to that in 42 consecutive patients operated with dual articulation acetabular components. All the patients were operated via posterior approach and were followed up to one year postoperatively.

Results: There were 8 dislocations in the 56 patients having conventional components as compared to no dislocations in those 42 having dual articulation components (p = 0.01). The groups were similar with respect to age and gender distribution.

Conclusions: We conclude that the use of a cemented dual articulation acetabular component significantly reduces the dislocation rates in femoral neck fracture patients operated via posterior approach.

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