A radiological assessment of interprosthetic movement in the Charnley-Hastings hemiarthroplasty.
Forty-six patients with acute displaced subcapital fractures of the femur were treated between December 1982 and December 1984 with Charnley-Hastings bipolar prostheses. The interprosthetic movement in 23 patients was assessed radiologically at least 1 year after surgery. Four patients (17.4 per cent) had no interprosthetic movement in abduction but the remainder (82.6 per cent) had some movement, although only 3 patients (13 per cent) had more than 5 degrees of abduction within the prosthesis.
Hodgkinson
J P
JP
Wrightington Hospital, Wigan.
Meadows
T H
TH
Davies
D R
DR
Hargadon
E J
EJ
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography