title: A comparison of the stability of proplast-coated and cemented Thompson prostheses in the treatment of subcapital femoral fractures.
abstract: Twenty randomly selected patients with displaced subcapital fractures of the femur, were treated with prosthetic replacement of the femoral head using a Thompson prosthesis of which the intramedullary portion was coated with Proplast. The results were compared with a control group of 20 similar patients in whom the standard Thompson prosthesis was used with acrylic cement. At follow-up, which ranged from 3 to 17 months, there was substantial X-ray evidence of prosthetic loosening in the Proplast series.
mesh_terms: D001843:Bone Cements; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011474:Prosthesis Design
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene